Genesis 47:17-19

American Standard Version

¹⁷ And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the ^[a]flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he ^[b]fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year. ¹⁸ And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord’s; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: ¹⁹ wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.