Genesis 47:25-27

International Standard Version

²⁵ “You’ve saved our lives,” they replied. “If it pleases you, your Excellency, we’ll be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

²⁶ So Joseph crafted a statute concerning Egypt that remains valid to this day that Pharaoh should own a fifth of the produce, excluding the land belonging to the priests, which remained outside of Pharaoh’s control.

²⁷ Israel remained in Egypt’s Goshen territory, acquired land there, became prosperous, and his descendants^[a] grew very numerous.