Genesis 47:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Ioseph sayd vnto the people, Behold, I haue bought you this daye, and your lande for Pharaoh: lo, here is seede for you: sowe therefore the grounde.

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  • Gen 41:27 : 27 Likewise the seuen thinne and euilfauoured kine, that came out after them, are seuen yeeres: and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East winde, are seuen yeeres of famine.
  • Gen 45:6 : 6 For nowe two yeeres of famine haue bene through ye land, and fiue yeeres are behind, wherein neither shalbe earing nor haruest.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
  • Ps 107:36-37 : 36 And there he placeth the hungrie, and they builde a citie to dwell in, 37 And sowe the fieldes, and plant vineyardes, which bring foorth fruitfull increase.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man is mercifull and lendeth, and will measure his affaires by iudgement.
  • Prov 11:26 : 26 He that withdraweth the corne, the people will curse him: but blessing shalbe vpon the head of him that selleth corne.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.
  • Isa 28:24-25 : 24 Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground? 25 When he hath made it plaine, wil he not then sowe the fitches, and sowe cummin, and cast in wheat by measure, and the appointed barly and rye in their place?
  • Isa 55:10 : 10 Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?
  • 2 Cor 9:10 : 10 Also hee that findeth seede to the sower, will minister likewise bread for foode, and multiplie your seede, and increase the fruites of your beneuolence,)

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 47:16-22
    7 verses
    85%

    16Then saide Ioseph, Bring your cattell, and I will giue you for your cattell, if your money be spent.

    17So they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph, and Ioseph gaue them bread for the horses, & for the flockes of sheepe, and for the heards of cattel, and for the asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattell that yeere.

    18But when the yeere was ended, they came vnto him the next yeere, and sayd vnto him, We will not hide from my lord, that since our money is spent, and my lord hath the heards of the cattel, there is nothing left in the sight of my lorde, but our bodies and our ground.

    19Why shall we perish in thy sight, both we, and our land? bye vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bonde to Pharaoh: therefore giue vs seede, that we may liue and not dye, and that the land go not to waste.

    20So Ioseph bought all the lande of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egyptians solde euery man his ground because the famine was sore vpon the: so the land became Pharaohs.

    21And he remoued the people vnto the cities, from one side of Egypt euen to the other.

    22Onely the lande of the Priestes bought he not: for the Priestes had an ordinarie of Pharaoh, and they did eate their ordinarie, which Pharaoh gaue them: wherefore they solde not their grounde.

  • Gen 47:24-26
    3 verses
    77%

    24And of the encrease ye shall giue the fifth part vnto Pharaoh, and foure partes shalbe yours for the seede of the fielde, and for your meate, and for them of your housholdes, and for your children to eate.

    25Then they answered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.

    26Then Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the land of Egypt vnto this day, that Pharaoh should haue the fift part, except the land of the priests only, which was not Pharaohs.

  • Gen 42:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

  • Gen 47:14
    74%

    14And Ioseph gathered all the money, that was found in the land of Egypt, & in the land of Canaan, for the corne which they bought, & Ioseph layd vp the money in Pharaohs house.

  • Gen 41:41
    73%

    41Moreouer Pharaoh said to Ioseph, Behold, I haue set thee ouer all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 45:10
    73%

    10And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 45:20
    73%

    20Also regarde not your stuffe: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 47:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And Ioseph placed his father, and his brethren, and gaue them possession in the lande of Egypt, in the best of the land, euen in the lande of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.

  • Gen 39:1
    72%

    1Now Ioseph was brought downe into Egypt: and Potiphar an Eunuche of Pharaohs (and his chiefe stewarde an Egyptian) bought him at the hande of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him thither.

  • Gen 47:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.

    6The lande of Egypt is before thee: in the best place of the land make thy father & thy brethren dwel: let the dwel in the land of Goshen: & if thou knowest that there be men of actiuitie among them, make them rulers ouer my cattell.

  • Gen 45:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

    18And take your father, and your houshoulds, and come to me, and I wil giue you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eate of the fat of the land.

  • Gen 41:57
    72%

    57And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes.

  • Gen 41:55
    71%

    55At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye.

  • Gen 47:1
    71%

    1Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.

    3So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians.

  • Gen 45:8
    70%

    8Now the you sent not me hither, but God, who hath made mee a father vnto Pharaoh, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 48:4
    70%

    4And he sayde vnto me, Behold, I wil make thee fruitefull, and will multiplie thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will giue this lande vnto thy seede after thee for an euerlasting possession.

  • Gen 37:28
    70%

    28Then the Midianites marchant men passed by, and they drewe foorth, and lift Ioseph out of the pit, and solde Ioseph vnto the Ishmeelites for twentie pieces of siluer: who brought Ioseph into Egypt.