Genesis 47:16-18

The Voice

Joseph: ¹⁶You can pay with livestock then. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.

¹⁷So the people brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for horses, flocks, herds, and donkeys. That year, he supplied them with food in exchange for livestock. ¹⁸But when that year was over, they came to him the next year.

Egyptians: My lord, we cannot hide the fact that our money is all spent, and now the herds of livestock all belong to you. We have nothing left to exchange for food except our bodies and our lands.

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