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Genesis 47:26-28
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Genesis 47:26-28
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26 So Joseph made a law which everybody in Egypt has to obey. The law says that one fifth of all food that people grow belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land did not become Pharaoh's land. This law still has authority today.[a]
27 The Israelites stayed in Egypt, in the region called Goshen. They had their own land there. They gave birth to many children so that they became very many people.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years. His whole life was 147 years.
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- 47:26 ‘still has authority today’ means that the law was still there when Genesis was written.
Genesis 47:26-28
New International Version
Genesis 47:26-28
New International Version
26 So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt—still in force today—that a fifth(A) of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.(B)
27 Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen.(C) They acquired property there(D) and were fruitful and increased greatly in number.(E)
28 Jacob lived in Egypt(F) seventeen years, and the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven.(G)
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