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Genesis 47:21
Genesis 47:21 is verse 21 of Genesis chapter 47, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
SP, LXX, Vulgate; Hebrew removed the people to the cities
King James Version
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
World English Bible
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
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Genesis 47:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
20 So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
21 and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
22 However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
23 Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 41:48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.