¹⁷ So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he ^[a]fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.

You Cannot Serve God and Riches

^24 (A)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. ^(B)You cannot serve God and ^[a]mammon.

The Folly of Not Trusting God

⁴ So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

^28 (A)Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.

³ behold, the ^(A)hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence.