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Genesis 47:26-28
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Genesis 47:26-28
The Message
26 Joseph decreed a land law in Egypt that is still in effect, A Fifth Goes to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ lands were not owned by Pharaoh.
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27-28 And so Israel settled down in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property and flourished. They became a large company of people. Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years. In all, he lived 147 years.
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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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