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It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh&#8217s. <a href="/nlt/genesis/47.htm">New Living Translation</a> Joseph then issued a decree still in effect in the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should receive one-fifth of all the crops grown on his land. Only the land belonging to the priests was not given to Pharaoh. <a href="/esv/genesis/47.htm">English Standard Version</a> So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/bsb/genesis/47.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh. <a href="/kjv/genesis/47.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/47.htm">New King James Version</a> And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/47.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, valid to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/nasb/genesis/47.htm">NASB 1995</a> Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh&#8217s. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/47.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/lsb/genesis/47.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/amp/genesis/47.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt—valid to this day—that Pharaoh should have the fifth part [of the crops]; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/csb/genesis/47.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/47.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests&#8217 land does not belong to Pharaoh. <a href="/asv/genesis/47.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/genesis/47.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Joseph made a law that one fifth of the harvest would always belong to the king. Only the priests did not lose their land. <a href="/erv/genesis/47.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/genesis/47.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Joseph made a law concerning the land in Egypt which is still in force today: One-fifth [of the produce] belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests didn't belong to Pharaoh. <a href="/gnt/genesis/47.htm">Good News Translation</a> So Joseph made it a law for the land of Egypt that one-fifth of the harvest should belong to the king. This law still remains in force today. Only the lands of the priests did not become the king's property. <a href="/isv/genesis/47.htm">International Standard Version</a> So Joseph crafted a statute concerning Egypt that remains valid to this day that Pharaoh should own a fifth of the produce, excluding the land belonging to the priests, which remained outside of Pharaoh's control. <a href="/msb/genesis/47.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests? land does not belong to Pharaoh. <a href="/net/genesis/47.htm">NET Bible</a> So Joseph made it a statute, which is in effect to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. <a href="/nheb/genesis/47.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> So Joseph made it a statute still in effect for the land of Egypt, that a fifth must go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh?s. <a href="/wbt/genesis/47.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. <a href="/web/genesis/47.htm">World English Bible</a> Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/47.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and Joseph sets it for a statute to this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh has a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone has not become Pharaoh’s. <a href="/ylt/genesis/47.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, that Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath not become Pharaoh's. <a href="/slt/genesis/47.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Joseph set it for an ordinance to this day, of the land of Egypt, for a fifth to Pharaoh; only the land of the priests alone was not to Pharaoh.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/47.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/47.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> From that time, even to the present day, in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings, and it has become like a law, except in the land of the priests, which was free from this condition. <a href="/nabre/genesis/47.htm">New American Bible</a> Thus Joseph made it a statute for the land of Egypt, which is still in force, that a fifth of its produce should go to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not pass over to Pharaoh. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/47.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. The land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/47.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, for it did not belong to Pharaoh. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/47.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Yoseph set it a law until today over the land of Egypt: one fifth is Pharaoh’s; only the land of the Priests was not Pharaoh’s.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/47.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/genesis/47.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's. <a href="/parallel/genesis/47-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=12484" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/47.htm">Joseph's Leadership During the Famine</a> …25“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.” 26<a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: yō·w·sêp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">So Joseph</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">established</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: lə·ḥōq (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">a law</a> <a href="/hebrew/2569.htm" title="2569: la·ḥō·meš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Fifth part. From chamash; a fifth tax.">that a fifth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: lə·p̄ar·‘ōh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">of the produce belongs to Pharaoh,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and it is in effect</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">to this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">Only</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priests’</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lə·ḇad·dām (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: ’aḏ·maṯ (N-fsc) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">does not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">belong to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6547.htm" title="6547: lə·p̄ar·‘ōh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- A title of Eg. kings. Of Egyptian derivation; Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings.">Pharaoh.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11</a> So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. <a href="/exodus/5-6.htm">Exodus 5:6-9</a> That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen: / “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw. / But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’ ... <a href="/leviticus/25-23.htm">Leviticus 25:23-28</a> The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. / Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land. / If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/15-1.htm">Deuteronomy 15:1-6</a> At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. / This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed. / You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/26-12.htm">Deuteronomy 26:12</a> When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates. <a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm">1 Samuel 8:10-18</a> So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. / He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots. / He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. ... <a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">1 Kings 4:7</a> Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, <a href="/2_kings/23-35.htm">2 Kings 23:35</a> So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth. <a href="/nehemiah/5-3.htm">Nehemiah 5:3-5</a> Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.” / Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. / We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.” <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a> Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a> Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. <a href="/ezekiel/45-13.htm">Ezekiel 45:13-16</a> This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. / The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer). / And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD. ... <a href="/matthew/22-17.htm">Matthew 22:17-21</a> So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” / But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me? / Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius. ... <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a> For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. / To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey. / The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more. ... <a href="/mark/12-14.htm">Mark 12:14-17</a> “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?” / But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.” / So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.made it a law.<a href="/genesis/47-22.htm">Genesis 47:22,26</a> 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… <a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">Genesis 47:11</a> And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.<a href="/genesis/47-19.htm">Genesis 47:19,20</a> Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate… except.<a href="/genesis/47-22.htm">Genesis 47:22</a> 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.<a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Ezekiel 7:24</a> Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.priests.<a href="/genesis/47-30.htm">Genesis 47:30</a> But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/44-20.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/genesis/47-21.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">Established</a> <a href="/genesis/47-18.htm">Except</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/genesis/40-15.htm">Force</a> <a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/38-25.htm">Law</a> <a href="/genesis/47-24.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/47-25.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/47-25.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/genesis/47-22.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/daniel/6-15.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">Today</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-17.htm">Valid</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/4-26.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/genesis/47-27.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/1-21.htm">Established</a> <a href="/exodus/3-19.htm">Except</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-16.htm">Fifth</a> <a href="/genesis/49-5.htm">Force</a> <a href="/genesis/48-12.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/exodus/4-18.htm">Law</a> <a href="/genesis/49-6.htm">Part</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Pharaoh</a> <a href="/genesis/50-4.htm">Pharaoh's</a> <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/numbers/14-14.htm">Stands</a> <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Today</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-29.htm">Valid</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 47</div>1. <a href="/genesis/47-1.htm">Joseph presents his father, and five of his brothers before Pharaoh.</a> 11. <a href="/genesis/47-11.htm">He gives them habitation and maintenance.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">He gets the Egyptian's money;</a> 16. <a href="/genesis/47-16.htm">their cattle;</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/47-18.htm">and their lands, except the priests', to Pharaoh.</a> 23. <a href="/genesis/47-23.htm">He restores the land for a fifth.</a> 28. <a href="/genesis/47-28.htm">Jacob's age.</a> 29. <a href="/genesis/47-29.htm">He swears Joseph to bury him with his fathers.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/47.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/47.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So Joseph established a law Joseph, as a key administrator in Egypt, had the authority to implement laws. This reflects his high status and the trust Pharaoh placed in him. His role as a lawgiver can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate lawgiver in the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>).that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh The imposition of a 20% tax on produce was a strategic move to ensure the survival of Egypt during the famine. This tax can be compared to the tithe system in Israel, where a portion of produce was given to support the Levites and the temple (<a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-32</a>). It highlights the importance of stewardship and provision in times of need.and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day This phrase indicates the lasting impact of Joseph's policies. Historically, it suggests that Joseph's economic reforms were successful and became a permanent part of Egyptian governance. It also underscores the enduring influence of Joseph's wisdom and leadership.Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh The exemption of the priests' land from Pharaoh's ownership reflects the high status and influence of religious leaders in ancient Egypt. This parallels the special status of the Levitical priests in Israel, who were also provided for by the community (<a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a>). It highlights the separation of religious and secular authority, a theme that recurs throughout biblical history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a> The son of Jacob, who rose to power in Egypt as Pharaoh's second-in-command. He was responsible for managing the resources of Egypt during the years of famine. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt, who entrusted Joseph with the administration of the land during the famine. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where Joseph served and where the events of this passage took place. It was a place of refuge for Jacob's family during the famine. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_priests.htm">The Priests</a> A distinct group in Egyptian society whose land was exempt from the law Joseph established, indicating their special status. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_law_of_the_fifth.htm">The Law of the Fifth</a> A decree made by Joseph that required a fifth of the produce to be given to Pharaoh, which was a form of taxation to sustain the nation during and after the famine.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_wisdom.htm">Stewardship and Wisdom</a> Joseph's management of resources during the famine demonstrates the importance of wise stewardship and planning. Believers are called to manage their resources wisely, trusting God for provision. <a href="/topical/a/authority_and_submission.htm">Authority and Submission</a> Joseph's law illustrates the principle of submission to authority. Christians are encouraged to respect and submit to governmental laws, as long as they do not contradict God's commands. <a href="/topical/p/provision_and_protection.htm">Provision and Protection</a> God's provision for His people is evident in Joseph's leadership. Even in times of scarcity, God can use His people to provide for others, reminding us of His faithfulness. <a href="/topical/s/special_status_and_exemption.htm">Special Status and Exemption</a> The exemption of the priests' land highlights the concept of special status. Believers are reminded of their unique position as a royal priesthood in Christ, set apart for His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_47.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 47</a> <a href="/q/why_no_non-biblical_record_of_gen_47.htm">Why is there no clear non-biblical documentation of both a severe seven-year famine and the Hebrews thriving in Egypt (Genesis 47)?</a> <a href="/q/who_bought_joseph_from_the_midianites.htm">To whom did the Midianites sell Joseph? To the Ishmaelites (Genesis 37:28) To Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh (Genesis 37:36)</a> <a href="/q/would_pharaoh_allow_joseph's_long_burial_trip.htm">In Genesis 50:5-6, how plausible is it that Pharaoh would permit Joseph to transport Jacob's remains such a great distance for burial, considering political and logistical realities of the time?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_joseph's_high_rank_in_egypt.htm">Is there archaeological proof that Joseph was elevated to such a high rank in Egypt as described in Genesis 47:1-6?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/47.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 26. - And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day (i.e. the day of the narrator), that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. The account here given of the land tenure in Egypt, viz., (1) that after the time of Joseph the kings of Egypt became lords paramount of the soil, (2) that the only free landholders in the country were the members of the priestly caste, and (3) that the population generally occupied their farms at the uniform fixed rent of one fifth of their yearly produce, is abundantly corroborated by the statements of Herodotus (2. 109), that Sesostris divided the soil of Egypt among the inhabitants, "assigning square plots of equal size to all, and obtaining his chief revenue from the rent which the holders were required to pay him year by year; of Diodorus Siculus (1. 73), that the land in Egypt belonged either to the priests, to the king, or to the military order; and of Strabo (17. 787), that the peasants were not landowners, but occupiers of ratable land; as also by the monuments, which represent the king, priests, and warriors alone as having landed property (Wilkinson, Ken). Dr. Robinson quotes a modern parallel to this act of Joseph's, which both illustrates its nature and by way of contrast exhibits its clemency. Up to the middle of the present century the people of Egypt had been the owners as well as tillers of the soil. "By a single decree the Pasha (Mohammed Ali) declared himself to be the sole owner of all lands in Egypt; and the people of course became at once-only his tenants at will, or rather his slaves." "The modern Pharaoh made no exceptions, and stripped the mosques and other religious and charitable institutions of their landed endowments as mercilessly as the rest. Joseph gave the people seed to sow, and required for the king only a fifth of the produce, leaving four-fifths to them as their own; but now, though seed is in like manner given out, yet every village is compelled to cultivate two-thirds of its lands with corn and other articles for the Pasha, and also to render back to him, in the form of taxes and exactions in kind, a large proportion of the produce remaining after" ('Biblical Researches,' 1:42). <a href="/commentaries/genesis/47-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So Joseph יוֹסֵ֡ף (yō·w·sêp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites established וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set a law לְחֹק֩ (lə·ḥōq) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> Something prescribed or owed, a statute that a fifth לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ (la·ḥō·meš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2569.htm">Strong's 2569: </a> A fifth tax of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (lə·p̄ar·‘ōh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings and it is in effect עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the land אַדְמַ֥ת (’aḏ·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land of Egypt מִצְרַ֛יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa to this הַזֶּ֜ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that day. הַיּ֨וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day Only רַ֞ק (raq) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless the priests’ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest land אַדְמַ֤ת (’aḏ·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land does not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no belong to הָיְתָ֖ה (hā·yə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be Pharaoh. לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ (lə·p̄ar·‘ōh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6547.htm">Strong's 6547: </a> Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/47-26.htm">Genesis 47:26 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/47-26.htm">OT Law: Genesis 47:26 Joseph made it a statute concerning (Gen. 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