Genesis 47:25-27

Common English Bible

²⁵ The people said, “You’ve saved our lives. If you wish, we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.” ²⁶ So Joseph made a law that still exists today: Pharaoh receives one-fifth from Egypt’s farmland. Only the priests’ farmland didn’t become Pharaoh’s.

Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh

²⁷ Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. They settled in it, had many children, and became numerous.