Genesis 47:24 meaning and explanation
At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”
Genesis 47:24, Berean Standard Bible
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Joseph is speaking to the Egyptians who have just sold themselves and their land to Pharaoh in exchange for food during the famine. Having provided them seed, he sets the terms of their new arrangement: at harvest they give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths stays with them as seed for the next planting and food for their households and children.
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