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Genesis 47:21-23
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21 Joseph[a] made all the people slaves[b] from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it. 22 But he did not purchase the land of the priests because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh and they ate from their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.

23 Joseph said to the people, “Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate[c] the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:21 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 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.”
  3. Genesis 47:23 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive is equivalent to a command here.
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