Genesis 47:25-27

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁵ And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.

²⁶ From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant.

²⁷ So Israel dwelt in Egypt, that is, in the land of Gessen, and possessed it: and grew, and was multiplied exceedingly.