Génesis 47:20

Listen to Génesis 47:20
20 De esta manera Jos茅 adquiri贸 para el fara贸n todas las tierras de Egipto, porque los egipcios, obligados por el hambre, le vendieron todos sus terrenos. Fue as铆 como todo el pa铆s lleg贸 a ser propiedad 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 Al a帽o siguiente fueron a decirle a Jos茅:鈥擲e帽or, no podemos ocultar el hecho de que ya no tenemos m谩s dinero, y de que todo nuestro ganado ya es suyo. Ya no tenemos nada que ofrecerle, de no ser nuestros propios cuerpos y nuestras tierras.
19 驴Va usted a permitir que nos muramos junto con nuestras tierras? C贸mprenos usted a nosotros y a nuestras tierras, a cambio de alimento. As铆 seremos esclavos del fara贸n junto con nuestras tierras. 隆Pero d茅nos usted semilla, para que podamos vivir y la tierra no quede desolada!
20 De esta manera Jos茅 adquiri贸 para el fara贸n todas las tierras de Egipto, porque los egipcios, obligados por el hambre, le vendieron todos sus terrenos. Fue as铆 como todo el pa铆s lleg贸 a ser propiedad del fara贸n,
21 y todos en Egipto quedaron reducidos a la esclavitud.
22 Los 煤nicos terrenos que Jos茅 no compr贸 fueron los que pertenec铆an a los sacerdotes. Estos no tuvieron que vender sus terrenos porque recib铆an una raci贸n de alimento de parte del fara贸n.
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