Genesis 47:19

Why should we die in front of you? Why should our land be ruined too? Buy us and our land for food. Then we and our land will belong to Pharaoh as slaves. Give us seed so we can live and not die. Then the land won't become empty and wasted."

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Previous · Genesis 47:18When that year was over, they came to him the next year. They said, "We can't hide it from our lord. Our money is gone. All our animals belong to you. We have… Next · Genesis 47:20So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. Every Egyptian sold his fields, because the famine was so bad for them. The land became Pharaoh's.