Genesis 47:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ “You can surrender your livestock,” Joseph replied. “I’ll feed them in exchange, since your money is gone.”

¹⁷ So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph traded food in exchange for horses, various flocks and herds, and donkeys. He fed them with food in exchange for their livestock during that year.

¹⁸ The following year, they came to him and reminded him, “We won’t hide from you, your Excellency, that we’ve spent all of our money, and that our livestock all belong to you. There’s nothing left to trade with you, your Excellency, except our bodies and our territories.