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A clerk records a land transaction while Joseph addresses the farmers.
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Genesis 47:20

The Land Becomes Pharaoh’s

Goshen, Famine, and a Father’s Oath · Genesis 47

Story guide: Joseph buys the Egyptians’ fields for Pharaoh because the famine is severe.

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20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field, for the famine was severe upon them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.

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