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Genesis 47:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 47:16

Verse 16 of 31

Scripture focus

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

Genesis 47:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 47:16

Theological / Devotional

Give your cattle. The animals that thus became Pharaoh’s property were probably left in the care of their owners. These terms, therefore, were not so severe as it would appear. A famishing people could expect no profit from starving cattle and dying herds. Now they were to receive fodder for their animals, and probably enjoy a partial profit on them, by analogy to what happened to their land and its produce the next year (see vs. 23, 24).

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