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

But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

The royal bodyguard took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.

The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.

And take

In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword.

by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

General references

Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it.