Chuàngshìjì 47:15

15 Āijí dì hé Jiānán dì de yínzi dōu huā jǐn le , Āijí zhòngrén dōu lái jiàn Yūesè , shuō , wǒmen de yínzi dōu yòng jìn le , qiú nǐ gĕi wǒmen liángshi , wǒmen wèishénme sǐ zaì nǐ miànqián ne .

Chuàngshìjì 47:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:15

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land
of Canaan
It had been all spent in the third, fourth, and fifth years of the famine; for it seems to be at the end of the fifth, or beginning of the sixth year of the famine, that this was the case, since we after read of a second or following year, which was very plainly the last, since seed was given them to sow the land with, which shows the time of drought to be near at an end: all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, give us bread;
freely, for nothing, since they had no money to buy any with: no mention is made of the Canaanites, who could not presume to come and ask for corn on such a footing: for why should we die in thy presence?
before his eyes, he not relieving them when it was in his power to do it; they knew such an argument as this would work upon a mind so humane, tender, and generous as was Joseph's: for the money faileth;
all was gone, they had none left to purchase corn with; or they suggest they should not have desired to have had it at free cost.

Chuàngshìjì 47:15 In-Context

13 Jīhuāng shèn dà , quán dì dōu jué le liáng , shènzhì Āijí dì hé Jiānán dì de rén yīn nà jīhuāng de yuángù dōu è hūn le .

14 Yūesè shōujù le Āijí dì hé Jiānán dì suǒyǒude yínzi , jiù shì zhòngrén dí liáng de yínzi , Yūesè jiù bǎ nà yínzi daì dào fǎlǎo de gōng lǐ .

15 Āijí dì hé Jiānán dì de yínzi dōu huā jǐn le , Āijí zhòngrén dōu lái jiàn Yūesè , shuō , wǒmen de yínzi dōu yòng jìn le , qiú nǐ gĕi wǒmen liángshi , wǒmen wèishénme sǐ zaì nǐ miànqián ne .

16 Yūesè shuō , ruò shì yínzi yòng jìn le , kĕyǐ bǎ nǐmen de shēngchù gĕi wǒ , wǒ jiù wèi nǐmen de shēngchù gĕi nǐmen liángshi .

17 Yúshì tāmen bǎ shēngchù gǎn dào Yūesè nàli , Yūesè jiù ná liángshi huàn le tāmende niú , yáng , lü , mǎ . nà yī nián yīn huàn tāmen yīqiè de shēngchù , jiù yòng liángshi yǎnghuo tāmen .