Genesis 47:23-25

Living Bible

²³ Then Joseph said to the people, “See, I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is grain. Go and sow the land. ²⁴ And when you harvest it, a fifth of everything you get belongs to Pharaoh. Keep four parts for yourselves to be used for next year’s seed, and as food for yourselves and for your households and little ones.”

²⁵ “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We will gladly be the serfs of Pharaoh.”