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Genesis 47:21
New English Translation
Genesis 47:21
New English Translation
21 Joseph[a] made all the people slaves[b] from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.
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- Genesis 47:21 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 47:21 tc The MT reads “and the people he removed to the cities,” which does not make a lot of sense in this context. Smr and the LXX read “he enslaved them as slaves.”
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