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Genesis 41:34

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

KJV

qui constituat præpositos per cunctas regiones : et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis,

Vulgate

καὶ ποιησάτω Φαραὼ καὶ καταστησάτω τοπάρχας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀποπεμπτωσάτωσαν πάντα τὰ γενήματα τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν τῆς εὐθηνίας,

LXX

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

ASV

יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה פַרְעֹ֔ה וְ/יַפְקֵ֥ד פְּקִדִ֖ים עַל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/חִמֵּשׁ֙ אֶת אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּ/שֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֥י הַ/שָּׂבָֽע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֶ֑ם
hm
verb · 303×
חִמֵּשׁ֙
chmsh
verb · 1×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פָקִ֣יד
pqyd
noun · 13×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
שָּׂבָע֙
shb'
noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 47:24 — And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households,