Genesis 47:17-19

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¹⁷ So people brought their ·farm animals [livestock] to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. And he ·kept them alive by trading [supplied them with] food for their ·farm animals [livestock] that year.

¹⁸ ·The next year [^LWhen that year ended] the people came to Joseph [^Lin the second year] and said, “·You know [^LWe cannot hide from my master/lord that] we have no money left, and all our ·animals [^Lherds of cattle] belong to you. ·We have [^LBefore our master/lord there is] nothing left except our bodies and our land. ¹⁹ ·Surely both we and our land will [^LWhy should we and our land…?] die here in front of you. Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we will be ·slaves [servants] to ·the king [^LPharaoh], together with our land. Give us seed to plant so that we will live and not die, and the land will not become ·a desert [desolate].”