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Genesis 47:25-27
Modern English Version
Genesis 47:25-27
Modern English Version
25 They said, “You have saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
26 So Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except from the land of the priests, which did not become Pharaoh’s.
Jacob’s Request of Joseph
27 Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they had possessions there and grew and became very numerous.
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