Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether
Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase t
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and p
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day o
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of gra