Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7760 [e] וַיָּ֣שֶׂם way-yā-śem And made Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֹתָ֣הּ ’ō-ṯāh it DirObjM | 3fs 3130 [e] יוֹסֵ֡ף yō-w-sêp̄ Joseph N-proper-ms 2706 [e] לְחֹק֩ lə-ḥōq a law Prep-l | N-ms 5704 [e] עַד־ ‘aḏ- to Prep 3117 [e] הַיּ֨וֹם hay-yō-wm day Art | N-ms 2088 [e] הַזֶּ֜ה haz-zeh this Art | Pro-ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- over Prep 127 [e] אַדְמַ֥ת ’aḏ-maṯ the land N-fsc 4714 [e] מִצְרַ֛יִם miṣ-ra-yim of Egypt N-proper-fs 6547 [e] לְפַרְעֹ֖ה lə-p̄ar-‘ōh [that] Pharaoh Prep-l | N-proper-ms 2569 [e] לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ la-ḥō-meš; [should have] a fifth Prep-l, Art | N-ms 7535 [e] רַ֞ק raq except for Adv 127 [e] אַדְמַ֤ת ’aḏ-maṯ the land N-fsc 3548 [e] הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ hak-kō-hă-nîm of the priests Art | N-mp 905 [e] לְבַדָּ֔ם lə-ḇad-dām, only Prep-l | N-msc | 3mp 3808 [e] לֹ֥א lō not Adv-NegPrt 1961 [e] הָיְתָ֖ה hā-yə-ṯāh [which] did become V-Qal-Perf-3fs 6547 [e] לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ lə-p̄ar-‘ōh. unto Pharaoh Prep-l | N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's.

King James Bible
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land does not belong to Pharaoh.

made it a law. From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus (lib i), we learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts: one belonged to the Priests, (verses

Genesis 47:22,26 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a …

Genesis 47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession …

Genesis 47:19,20 Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? buy us and …

except.

Genesis 47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a …

Ezekiel 7:24 Why I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess …

priests. or, princes.

Genesis 47:30 But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, …

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