Löydetty 624 Tulokset: Jacob Blesses Pharaoh
Joseph gathered in, as payment for the rations that were being dispensed, all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan, and he put it in Pharaoh's palace. (Genesis 47, 14)
Why should we and our land perish before your very eyes? Take us and our land in exchange for food, and we will become Pharaoh's slaves and our land his property; only give us seed, that we may survive and not perish, and that our land may not turn into a waste." (Genesis 47, 19)
Thus Joseph acquired all the farm land of Egypt for Pharaoh, since with the famine too much for them to bear, every Egyptian sold his field; so the land passed over to Pharaoh, (Genesis 47, 20)
Only the priests' lands Joseph did not take over. Since the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh and lived off the allowance Pharaoh had granted them, they did not have to sell their land. (Genesis 47, 22)
Joseph told the people: "Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh, here is your seed for sowing the land. (Genesis 47, 23)
But when the harvest is in, you must give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, while you keep four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for yourselves and your families (and as food for your children)." (Genesis 47, 24)
"You have saved our lives!" they answered. "We are grateful to my lord that we can be Pharaoh's slaves." (Genesis 47, 25)
Thus Joseph made it a law for the land in Egypt, which is still in force, that a fifth of its produce should go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not pass over to Pharaoh. (Genesis 47, 26)
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years; the span of his life came to a hundred and forty-seven years. (Genesis 47, 28)
When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has come to you," he rallied his strength and sat up in bed. (Genesis 48, 2)
Jacob then said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessing me, (Genesis 48, 3)
Jacob called his sons and said: "Gather around, that I may tell you what is to happen to you in days to come. (Genesis 49, 1)
