Genesis 47:19 meaning and explanation
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
Genesis 47:19, Berean Standard Bible
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These are Egyptian farmers speaking to Joseph during the severe famine. Their money and livestock are already gone, so they offer themselves and their land to Pharaoh in exchange for food, asking only for seed to sow.
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