Genesis 41:34

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Summary

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

Officers

And take

General references

Genesis 41:48

Bible References

Officers

Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king.

The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments.

Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.

And take

“In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in war from the power of the sword.

To deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive in famine.

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
The naive proceed and pay the penalty.

And he summoned each one of his master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

General references

So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.