genesis 47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

genesis 47:16 Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you [food] for your livestock, since [your] money is gone."

16. And Joseph said, Give your cattle--"This was the wisest course that could be adopted for the preservation both of the people and the cattle, which, being bought by Joseph, was supported at the royal expense, and very likely returned to the people at the end of the famine, to enable them to resume their agricultural labors."

genesis 47:16 Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you [food] for your livestock, since [your] money is gone."

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