Kejadian 47:24

47:24 When you gather in the crop, ¹  give ²  one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest ³  will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”

Kejadian 47:26

47:26 So Joseph made it a statute, ⁴  which is in effect ⁵  to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

Kejadian 47:1

Joseph’s Wise Administration

47:1 Joseph went and told Pharaoh, “My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of

Canaan. They are now ⁶  in the land of Goshen.”

1 Samuel 8:15

8:15 He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators ⁷  and his servants.

[47:24]  ¹ tn The words “the crop” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[47:24]  ² tn The perfect form with the vav (ו) consecutive is equivalent to an imperfect of instruction here.

[47:24]  ³ tn Heb “four parts.”

[47:26]  ⁴ tn On the term translated “statute” see P. Victor, “A Note on Hoq in the Old Testament,” VT 16 (1966): 358-61.

[47:26]  ⁵ tn The words “which is in effect” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[47:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look they [are] in the land of Goshen.” Joseph draws attention to the fact of their presence in Goshen.

[8:15]  ⁷ tn Or “eunuchs” (so NAB); NIV “officials”; KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT “officers.”