Genesis 47:25-27

International Standard Version

²⁵“You’ve saved our lives,” they replied. “If it pleases you, your Excellency, we’ll be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

²⁶So Joseph crafted a statute concerning Egypt that remains valid to this day that Pharaoh should own a fifth of the produce, excluding the land belonging to the priests, which remained outside of Pharaoh’s control.

²⁷Israel remained in Egypt’s Goshen territory, acquired land there, became prosperous, and his descendants^[a] grew very numerous.

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Footnotes

Genesis 47:27 The Heb. lacks his descendants

Genesis 47:25-27

New International Version

²⁵“You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord;^(A) we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”^(B)

²⁶So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth^(C) of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.^(D)

²⁷Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.^(E) They acquired property there^(F) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.^(G)

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Genesis 47:25-27

New King James Version

²⁵So they said, “You have saved ^(A)our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.” ²⁶And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, ^(B)except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh’s.

Joseph’s Vow to Jacob

²⁷So Israel ^(C)dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and ^(D)grew and multiplied exceedingly.

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Genesis 47:25-27

English Standard Version

²⁵And they said, “You have saved our lives; ^(A)may it please my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh.” ²⁶So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; ^(B)the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.

²⁷Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, ^(C)in the land of Goshen. ^(D)And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

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