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.

Bought

Genesis 47:19

Here is seed

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Bought

So why should we and our land die right in front of you? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed, so we can survive and not die, and so the land won't stay desolate."

Here is seed

The seven gaunt cows that arose after the healthy cows are seven years, as are the seven gaunt ears scorched by the east wind. There will be seven years of famine.

That's because this famine has been going on for two years now in this region, and there are still five years left, during which there won't be any plowing or harvesting.

Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.

There he settled the hungry, where they built a city to live in.

It is good for the person who lends generously, conducting his affairs with fairness.

People will curse whoever withholds grain, but blessing will come to whoever is selling.

Whoever tills his soil will have a lot to eat, but anyone who pursues fantasies lacks sense.

The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice.

Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.

Does he who plows for sowing plow all the time? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing his field?

"For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating,

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

Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness.