Bible Read Genesis 47

Genesis 47:21

King James Version (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.

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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.

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Genesis 47:21 in every translation

KJV King James Version
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
WEB World English Bible
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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
as to the people he hath removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even unto its [other] end.
DBY Darby Translation
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.
WBS Webster Bible
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.