Genesis

Starts with the creation of the world and tells stories of the first people and big floods. It also talks about Abraham's family and their journeys.

Chapter 47

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KJV - Genesis 47:20

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.

Joseph purchased all the land in Egypt for the king. The people there sold their property because they were facing a severe shortage of food. Consequently, the land belonged to the king.

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