Genesis 47:21

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.”

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BSBPD

“and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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 · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 47:21 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 41:48During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.

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