Genesis 47:18 meaning and explanation
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
Genesis 47:18, Berean Standard Bible
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These are Egyptians speaking to Joseph, who administers Egypt's grain stores during a famine that has already consumed their money and livestock. Having sold their animals in the first year, they return in the second with nothing left but themselves and their fields.
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