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

Bible References

Bought

Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh's slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate."

Here is seed

The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.

For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.

He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed -- whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.

"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.