(People asked me how can I get to know the bible. I have been putting these stories on here so that people wil learn the bible: Their choice. Here is a verse or you can read the whole chapter.
Genesis: 47:25— “You have saved our lives,” they said. “May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh.”
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The famine was dreadful everywhere. No one had enough to eat. The people of Egypt had used up all of their grain, and now their gardens and fields didn’t give them anymore food, for nothing would grow.
They came to Joseph to buy the corn he had stored away during those seven wonderful years when everything grew so well. But soon all their money was gone. Although there was plenty of food for sale, they did not have any money to buy it.
Then Joseph told them to bring their cattle, for Pharaoh would give them food if they would give him their animals.
But after awhile all their cattle were gone, too, all sold to Pharaoh in exchange for food. Now the people had nothing left but their land and themselves. They said they would give their land to Pharaoh and be his servants if he would give them more food. So, Joseph traded them food for land, until all the land of Egypt belonged to Pharaoh.
At last the seven years of famine ended, and Joseph gave the people seed to plant. For he knew that now the corn would grow again.
He told them that since they had sold all their land to Pharaoh, it wasn’t theirs any longer, but Pharaoh would let them use it if they would give him a fifth of all the food, they raised on it. The people were glad to do whatever Joseph said, for they were thankful to him for saving them from starving. So from then on they gave twenty percent of all their crops to the government of taxes.
Questions:
Why didn’t the people have enough to eat?
Where did Joseph get so much corn to sell?
How did the people buy corn when they ran out of money?
After the famine, why did the Egyptians still give part of their crops to Pharaoh?
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