Genesis 47:23-25

GOD’S WORD Translation

²³ Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Plant crops in the land. ²⁴ Every time you harvest, give one-fifth of the produce to Pharaoh. Four-fifths will be yours to use as seed for your fields and as food for your households.”

²⁵ “You have saved our lives,” they said. “Please, sir, we are willing to be Pharaoh’s slaves.”