Genesis 47:17-19

Living Bible

¹⁷ So they brought their cattle to Joseph in exchange for food. Soon all the horses, flocks, herds, and donkeys of Egypt were in Pharaoh’s possession.

¹⁸ The next year they came again and said, “Our money is gone, and our cattle are yours, and there is nothing left but our bodies and land. ¹⁹ Why should we die? Buy us and our land and we will be serfs to Pharaoh. We will trade ourselves for food, then we will live, and the land won’t be abandoned.”