Genesis 41:34

Webster's Bible (1833)

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.

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  • Num 31:14 : 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
  • 2 Kgs 11:11-12 : 11 The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 12 Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, [Long] live the king.
  • 2 Chr 34:12 : 12 The men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.
  • Neh 11:9 : 9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, To keep them alive in famine.
  • Prov 6:6-8 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; 7 Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  • Prov 27:12 : 12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:
  • Luke 16:5 : 5 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

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  • Gen 41:35-37
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    35Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

    36The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."

    37The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

  • Gen 41:33
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    33Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:24-26
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    24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."

    25They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."

    26Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 41:39-44
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    39Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

    40You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you."

    41Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."

    42Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

    43and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.

    44Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."

  • Gen 41:28-31
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    28That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

    29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

    30There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

    31and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

  • Exod 5:5-6
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    5Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."

    6The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,

  • Gen 41:54-56
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    54The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

    56The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:6
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    6The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my cattle."

  • Gen 41:46-48
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    46Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

    47In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.

    48He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same.

  • Gen 47:20
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    20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

    18Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'

  • 1 Sam 8:15
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    15He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

  • Gen 45:20
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    20Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."

  • Jer 25:19
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    19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

  • Gen 47:14
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    14Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

  • Gen 41:4
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    4The ill-favored and lean-fleshed cattle ate up the seven well-favored and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.

  • Gen 45:11
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    11There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

  • Exod 18:21
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    21Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.