Genesis 47:25-27

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁵ The people said, ‘You have saved our lives! Because you have been kind to us, we agree to become Pharaoh's slaves.’

²⁶ So Joseph made a law which everybody in Egypt has to obey. The law says that one fifth of all food that people grow belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land did not become Pharaoh's land. This law still has authority today.^[a]

²⁷ The Israelites stayed in Egypt, in the region called Goshen. They had their own land there. They gave birth to many children so that they became very many people.