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Genesis 47:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 47:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 Joseph provided for his father, his brothers, and all the family of his father, as much bread as was needed for each person.
13 Joseph’s Administration.[a] Now there was no bread in the whole land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine. 14 Joseph collected all the money there was in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain that they were buying. Joseph sent this money to Pharaoh.
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- Genesis 47:13 At the time of the New Empire (16th century B.C.), the greater part of the Egyptian farmers did not possess land; they were farmers of Pharaoh. To better illustrate Joseph’s competency, the author gives him credit for this regulation about the land, which surprised the nomadic Israelites.
