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Genesi 47:17

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17 E quelli menarono a Giuseppe il loro bestiame; e Giuseppe diede loro del pane in cambio dei loro cavalli, dei loro greggi di pecore, delle loro mandre di buoi e dei loro asini. Così fornì loro del pane per quell’anno, in cambio di tutto il loro bestiame.

Genesi 47:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:17

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph
Which they might the more readily do, since there was scarce any grass to feed them with; and though some of them were creatures used for food, yet might be so lean and poor for want of grass, as not to be fit to eat; and besides, they could do better without flesh than without bread: and Joseph gave them bread [in exchange] for horses;
with which Egypt abounded, to which many places of Scripture have respect, ( Deuteronomy 17:16 ) ( 1 Kings 10:28 ) ( Song of Solomon 1:9 ) ( Isaiah 31:1 Isaiah 31:3 ) ; and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds;
the sheep and the oxen; which shows that these creatures were bred and fed by them, and were, no doubt, slain, and used for food: and for the asses;
which were used for carrying burdens: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle, for that year;
which seems to be the sixth year of the famine: one would wonder what Joseph should do with all their cattle, where put them, and feed them, in such a time of drought; though it is probable the number was not exceeding large, since they only fetched one year's provision of bread.

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Genesi 47:17 In-Context

15 E quando il danaro fu esaurito nel paese d’Egitto e nel paese di Canaan, tutti gli Egiziani vennero a Giuseppe e dissero: "Dacci del pane! Perché dovremmo morire in tua presenza? giacché il danaro è finito".
16 E Giuseppe disse: "Date il vostro bestiame; e io vi darò del pane in cambio del vostro bestiame, se non avete più danaro".
17 E quelli menarono a Giuseppe il loro bestiame; e Giuseppe diede loro del pane in cambio dei loro cavalli, dei loro greggi di pecore, delle loro mandre di buoi e dei loro asini. Così fornì loro del pane per quell’anno, in cambio di tutto il loro bestiame.
18 Passato quell’anno, tornarono a lui l’anno seguente, e gli dissero: "Noi non celeremo al mio signore che, il danaro essendo esaurito e le mandre del nostro bestiame essendo passate al mio signore, nulla più resta che il mio signore possa prendere, tranne i nostri corpi e le nostre terre.
19 E perché dovremmo perire sotto gli occhi tuoi: noi e le nostre terre? Compra noi e le terre nostre in cambio di pane; e noi con le nostre terre saremo schiavi di Faraone; e dacci da seminare affinché possiam vivere e non moriamo, e il suolo non diventi un deserto".
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