Genesis 47:23

The Famine In Egypt Continues

²² Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for [there was] an allotment for the priests from Pharaoh, and they {lived on} the allotment that Pharaoh gave to them. Therefore they did not sell their land. ²³ And Joseph said to the people, "Look, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Here [is] seed for you so you can sow the land. ²⁴ And it shall happen [that] at the harvest, you must give a fifth to Pharaoh and four-fifths shall be yours, as seed for the field and for your food and for those who [are] in your households, and as food for your little ones."

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Genesis 41:27

And the seven thin and ugly cows coming up after them, they [are] seven years, and the seven empty ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, they are [also] seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For these two years the famine [has been] in the midst of the land, but [there will be] five more years where there is no plowing or harvest.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

Psalm 107:36-37

And he settles [the] hungry there, so that they may establish a city to inhabit,

Psalm 112:5

[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.

Proverbs 11:26

He who withholds grain, the people curse him, but a blessing [is] for the head of him who sells.

Proverbs 12:11

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

Proverbs 13:23

[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not let your hands rest in the evening, for you do not know what will prosper-- whether this or that, or whether both of them alike will succeed.

Isaiah 28:24-25

Is it all day [that] the plowman plows, opens to sow seed, harrows his ground?

Isaiah 55:10

For just as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and they do not return there except they have watered the earth thoroughly and cause it to bring forth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Matthew 24:45

"Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their food at the right time?

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,