Genesis 47:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.”
Genesis 47:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 47:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 47:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Genesis 47:21 — World English Bible
Genesis 47:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Genesis 47:21 — American Standard Version
Genesis 47:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the <FI>one<Fi> end of the border of Egypt even unto its <FI>other<Fi> end.”
Genesis 47:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 47:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Genesis 47:21 — Darby Translation
Genesis 47:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he remoued the people vnto the cities, from one side of Egypt euen to the other.”
Genesis 47:21 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 47:21 in Context — Genesis 47
19 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.
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.
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.
22 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.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
What Does Genesis 47:21 Mean?
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