Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said to the people, “Understand today that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you. Sow it in the land.

Genesis 41:27

The seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven worthless, scorched heads of grain are seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

Psalm 41:1

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.

Psalm 107:36-37

He causes the hungry to settle there,
and they establish a city where they can live.

Psalm 112:5

Good will come to a man who lends generously
and conducts his business fairly.

Proverbs 11:26

People will curse anyone who hoards grain,
but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.

Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his land will have plenty of food,
but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

Proverbs 13:23

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,
but without justice, it is swept away.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.

Isaiah 28:24-25

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

Isaiah 55:10

For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,

Matthew 24:45

“Who then is a faithful and sensible slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

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Summary

Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

Bought

Genesis 47:19

Here is seed

Bible References

Bought

Why should we die here in front of you—both us and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we with our land will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed so that we can live and not die, and so that the land won’t become desolate.”