Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
When the money from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan was spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, \u201cGive us food! Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Joseph answered, \u201cGive me your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.\u201d So they brought their livestock to Joseph; and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. That year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.<\/p>\n
When that year was ended, they came to him the following year, and said to him, \u201cWe cannot hide from my lord that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord\u2019s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands. Shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We with our land will become slaves to Pharaoh; just give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.\u201d<\/p>\n
So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them; and the land became Pharaoh\u2019s.<\/p>\n
As for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.<\/p>\n
Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh, and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land. Then Joseph said to the people, \u201cNow that I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you; sow the land. And at the harvests you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
They said, \u201cYou have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be slaves to Pharaoh.\u201d So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. The land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh\u2019s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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