Genesis 47:21
“And as for the people, he remoued them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt, euen to the other ende thereof.”
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Genesis 47:21 Context
19Wherfore shall we die before thine eyes, both we, and our land? buy vs and our land for bread, and we and our land will be seruants vnto Pharaoh: and giue vs seede that we may liue and not die, that the land be not desolate. 20And Ioseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egyptians sold euery man his field, because the famine preuailed ouer them: so the land became Pharaohs. 21And as for the people, he remoued them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt, euen to the other ende thereof. 22Onely the land of the Priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eate their portion which Pharaoh gaue them: wherefore they solde not their lands. 23Then Ioseph said vnto the people, Behold, I haue bought you this day, and your land for Pharaoh: Loe, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
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Other Translations for Genesis 47:21
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.
- King James Version
As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt's border to the other.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And as for the people, he made servants of them, town by town, from one end of Egypt to the other.
- Basic English Bible
And as for the people, he removed them into the cities, from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end of it.
- Darby Bible
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
- Webster's Bible
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
- World English Bible
as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto its [other] end.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And as for the people, he removed them city by city, from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 47:21
47:21 He removed them to cities - He transplanted them, to shew Pharaoh's sovereign power over them, and that they might, in time, forget their titles to their lands, and be the easier reconciled to their new condition of servitude. How hard soever this seems to have been upon them, they themselves were sensible of it as a great kindness, and were thankful they were not worse used.