Genesis 47:24-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁴ But when you harvest it, you will give a fifth of it to Pharaoh and four-fifths will be for you to sow the fields and feed yourselves and those who are in your household and to feed your children.”

²⁵ They answered, “You have saved our lives! Let us only find favor before my lord and we will be servants of Pharaoh.”

²⁶ Joseph made a law that is still in force up until this day for the land of Egypt, that a one-fifth portion must be given to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests does not belong to Pharaoh.