Genesis 47:16
“And Ioseph said, Giue your cattell: and I will giue you for your catell, if money faile.”
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Genesis 47:16 Context
14And Ioseph gathered vp all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corne which they bought: and Ioseph brought the money into Pharaohs house. 15And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and said, Giue vs bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. 16And Ioseph said, Giue your cattell: and I will giue you for your catell, if money faile. 17And they brought their cattel vnto Ioseph: and Ioseph gaue them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flockes, and for the cattell of the heards, and for the asses, and he fed them with bread, for all their cattel, for that yeere. 18When that yeere was ended, they came vnto him the second yeere, and said vnto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent, my lord also had our heards of cattell: there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
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And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
- King James Version
Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you {food} for your livestock, since {your} money is gone."
- New American Standard Version (1995)