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Genesis 47:20-21
New English Translation
Genesis 47:20-21
New English Translation
20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each[a] of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe.[b] So the land became Pharaoh’s. 21 Joseph[c] made all the people slaves[d] from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.
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- Genesis 47:20 tn The Hebrew text connects this clause with the preceding one with a causal particle (כִּי, ki). The translation divides the clauses into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 47:20 tn The Hebrew text adds “upon them.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 47:21 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Genesis 47:21 tc The MT reads “and the people he removed to the cities,” which does not make a lot of sense in this context. Smr and the LXX read “he enslaved them as slaves.”
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