Genesis 47:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Joseph saith unto the people, `Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground,

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  • Gen 41:27 : 27 and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;
  • Gen 45:6 : 6 `Because these two years the famine `is' in the heart of the land, and yet `are' five years, `in' which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
  • Ps 107:36-37 : 36 And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation. 37 And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
  • Prov 11:26 : 26 Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing `is' for the head of him who is selling.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.
  • Isa 28:24-25 : 24 The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground! 25 Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie `in' its own border?
  • Isa 55:10 : 10 For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 `Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?
  • 2 Cor 9:10 : 10 and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:16-22
    7 verses
    85%

    16and Joseph saith, `Give your cattle; and I give to you for your cattle, if the money hath ceased.'

    17And they bring in their cattle unto Joseph, and Joseph giveth to them bread, for the horses, and for the cattle of the flock, and for the cattle of the herd, and for the asses; and he tendeth them with bread, for all their cattle, during that year.

    18And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;

    19why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

    20And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh Pharaoh's;

    21as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the `one' end of the border of Egypt even unto its `other' end.

    22Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.

  • Gen 47:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24and it hath come to pass in the increases, that ye have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who `are' in your houses, and for food for your infants.'

    25And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'

    26and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, `that' Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath not become Pharaoh's.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

    6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

  • Gen 47:14
    74%

    14and Joseph gathereth all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn that they are buying, and Joseph bringeth the silver into the house of Pharaoh.

  • Gen 41:41
    73%

    41And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.'

  • Gen 45:10
    73%

    10and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,

  • Gen 45:20
    73%

    20and your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt `is' yours.'

  • Gen 47:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And Joseph settleth his father and his brethren, and giveth to them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;

    12and Joseph nourisheth his father, and his brethren, and all the house of his father `with' bread, according to the mouth of the infants.

  • Gen 39:1
    72%

    1And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither.

  • Gen 47:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

    6the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land cause thy father and thy brethren to dwell -- they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if thou hast known, and there are among them men of ability, then thou hast set them heads over the cattle I have.'

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

    18and take your father, and your households, and come unto me, and I give to you the good of the land of Egypt, and eat ye the fat of the land.

  • Gen 41:57
    72%

    57and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

  • Gen 41:55
    71%

    55and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'

  • Gen 47:1
    71%

    1And Joseph cometh, and declareth to Pharaoh, and saith, `My father, and my brethren, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and lo, they `are' in the land of Goshen.'

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

    3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

  • Gen 45:8
    70%

    8and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 48:4
    70%

    4and saith unto me, Lo, I am making thee fruitful, and have multiplied thee, and given thee for an assembly of peoples, and given this land to thy seed after thee, a possession age-during.

  • Gen 37:28
    70%

    28And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.