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25 So they said, “You have kept us alive! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.” 26 And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; (A)only the land of the priests [a]did not become Pharaoh’s.

27 Now Israel [b]lived in the land of Egypt, [c]in Goshen, and they (B)took possession of property in it and (C)were fruitful and became very numerous.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 47:26 Lit alone did
  2. Genesis 47:27 Lit dwelt
  3. Genesis 47:27 Lit in the land of Goshen