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Genesis 47:26

And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

KJV

Ex eo tempore usque in præsentem diem, in universa terra Ægypti regibus quinta pars solvitur, et factum est quasi in legem, absque terra sacerdotali, quæ libera ab hac conditione fuit.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ εἰς πρόσταγμα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἐπὶ γῆν Αἰγύπτου τῷ Φαραὼ ἀποπεμπτοῦν, χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἦν τῷ Φαραώ.

LXX

And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh’s.

ASV

וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣/הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְ/חֹק֩ עַד הַ/יּ֨וֹם הַ/זֶּ֜ה עַל אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְ/פַרְעֹ֖ה לַ/חֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַ/כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְ/בַדָּ֔/ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְ/פַרְעֹֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חֹ֑מֶשׁ
chmsh
noun · 1×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
pr'h
proper_noun · 267×
רַ֣ק
rq
adverb · 109×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 47:22 — Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.