Génesis 47:20

Listen to Génesis 47:20
20 Jos茅, pues, compr贸 toda la tierra de Egipto para el fara贸n. Todos los egipcios le vendieron sus campos debido a que el hambre era severa. As铆 que pronto toda la tierra pas贸 a ser posesi贸n del fara贸n.

Génesis 47:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:20

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh
Not for himself, nor did he entail it on his posterity, but for Pharaoh, who became sole proprietor of it:

for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
prevailed over them;
everyone that had a field sold it to buy bread for his family, so great was the famine; no mention is made of their houses, either because these went with their lands, or they were so mean that they were of little account, and would scarce bear any price; for as Diodorus Siculus F8 reports of the Egyptians, they were less careful of the structure of their houses, and exceeded all bounds in the magnificence of their sepulchres:

so the land became Pharaoh's;
not only with respect to dominion and government, so it was before, but with respect to property; before, every man's field, and garden, and vineyard were his own, and he was in possession thereof for his own use, but now being sold, were Pharaoh's; and they held them of him, and paid a rent for them in a manner hereafter directed by a law.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 47.
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Génesis 47:20 In-Context

18 Entonces ese a帽o lleg贸 a su fin. Al a帽o siguiente, ellos acudieron nuevamente a Jos茅 y le dijeron: 芦No podemos ocultarle la verdad, se帽or. Se nos acab贸 el dinero, y todas nuestras manadas de animales son suyas. Ya no nos queda nada para entregarle, excepto nuestro cuerpo y nuestras tierras.
19 驴Por qu茅 morir delante de sus propios ojos? C贸mprenos a nosotros y tambi茅n a nuestras tierras a cambio de alimentos; ofrecemos nuestras tierras y nos ofrecemos nosotros mismos como esclavos para el fara贸n. Solamente prov茅anos de grano para que podamos vivir y no muramos, y para que la tierra no quede vac铆a y desolada禄.
20 Jos茅, pues, compr贸 toda la tierra de Egipto para el fara贸n. Todos los egipcios le vendieron sus campos debido a que el hambre era severa. As铆 que pronto toda la tierra pas贸 a ser posesi贸n del fara贸n.
21 Y en cuanto a los habitantes, los hizo esclavos a todos,
desde un extremo de Egipto hasta el otro.
22 Las 煤nicas tierras que no compr贸 fueron las que pertenec铆an a los sacerdotes. Ellos recib铆an una raci贸n de alimentos directamente del fara贸n, por lo cual no tuvieron que vender sus tierras.
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