Genesis 47:23

The Famine In Egypt Continues

²² Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground. ²³ And Joseph saith unto the people, 'Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground, ²⁴ and it hath come to pass in the increases, that ye have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who are in your houses, and for food for your infants.'

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Joseph

Pharaoh

Genesis 41:27

and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

Genesis 45:6

Because these two years the famine is in the heart of the land, and yet are five years, in which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

Psalm 41:1

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

Psalm 107:36-37

And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation.

Psalm 112:5

Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

Proverbs 11:26

Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing is for the head of him who is selling.

Proverbs 12:11

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

Proverbs 13:23

Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike are good.

Isaiah 28:24-25

The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

Isaiah 55:10

For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

Matthew 24:45

'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

2 Corinthians 9:10

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,