Genesis 47:23

The Famine In Egypt Continues

²² Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land. ²³ Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land. ²⁴ At the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”

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Joseph

Pharaoh

Genesis 41:27

The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.

Genesis 45:6

For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

Psalm 41:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

Psalm 107:36-37

And there He makes the hungry to dwell,
So that they may establish an inhabited city,

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.

Proverbs 11:26

He who withholds grain, the people will curse him,
But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks sense.

Proverbs 13:23

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,
But it is swept away by injustice.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

Isaiah 28:24-25

Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed?
Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?

Isaiah 55:10

“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

Matthew 24:45

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

2 Corinthians 9:10

Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness;