Genesis 47:26-28
GOD’S WORD Translation
26 Joseph made a law concerning the land in Egypt which is still in force today: One-fifth ⌞of the produce⌟ belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests didn’t belong to Pharaoh.
Jacob’s [Israel’s] Last Days in Egypt
27 So the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and had many children.
28 Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years, so he lived a total of 147 years.
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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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