¹⁷ So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. That year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.

Serving Two Masters

²⁴ “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.^[a](A)

Alliance with Egypt Is Futile

⁴ Then the accuser^[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life.

²⁸ Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.^(A)

³ the hand of the Lord will strike with a deadly pestilence your livestock in the field: the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.