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Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

KJV

Dixit ergo Joseph ad populos : En ut cernitis, et vos et terram vestram Pharao possidet : accipite semina, et serite agros,

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ πᾶσι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις Ἰδοὺ κέκτημαι ὑμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ὑμῶν σήμερον τῷ Φαραώ, λάβετε αὑτοῖς σπέρμα καὶ σπείρατε τὴν γῆν·

LXX

Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ אֶל הָ/עָ֔ם הֵן֩ קָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְ/כֶ֥ם הַ/יּ֛וֹם וְ/אֶת אַדְמַתְ/כֶ֖ם לְ/פַרְעֹ֑ה הֵֽא לָ/כֶ֣ם זֶ֔רַע וּ/זְרַעְתֶּ֖ם אֶת הָ/אֲדָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֵ֜א
h'
particle · 2×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
קְנֵ֣ה
qnh
verb · 86×
תִּזְרַ֣ע
tzr'
verb · 55×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 9:10 — Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
  • Gen 45:6 — For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.