The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
GEN 47:23 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.
GEN 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give
the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed
of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and
for food for your little ones.
GEN 47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace
in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
GEN 47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this
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