Genesis 47:23

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Summary

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.

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Genesis 47:19

Here is seed

Bible References

Bought

Wherefore should we die before thine eyes both we, and our ground? Buy thou us and our ground, for bread, - and we and our ground will become servants to Pharaoh, and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and the ground, not lie waste.

Here is seed

And the seven lean and uncomely heifers that were coming up after them, are seven years, and the seven lean ears, shrivelled by an east wind, will turn out to be - seven years of famine.

For these two years, hath the famine been in the midst of the land, - and, yet five years, are there, in which there shall be neither ploughing, nor harvest.

How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:

And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in;

Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.

He that keepeth back corn, the populace will curse him, but there is, a blessing, for the head of him that selleth.

He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

Much food, is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is that is swept away, for want of justice.

In the morning, sow thy seed, and, until evening, do not withhold thy hand, - for thou knowest not - whether shall thrive, either this or that, or whether, both alike, shall be fruitful.

All day long, doth the plowman plow for sowing? Doth he continue laying open and harrowing his soil?

For, as the rain and the snow descend from the heavens. And thither, do not return, Except they have watered the earth. And caused it to bring forth and bud, - And given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master hath appointed over his household, to give them food in season?

Now, he that supplieth seed to the sower, and bread for eating, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and cause to grow your fruits of righteousness: