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 47:24
 47:25
47:24 When it produces grain, you will have to give a fifth to Pharaoh. The other four parts will be yours, as seed grain for your fields, and as food for you, your wives and your children.'
Vehayah batvu'ot untatem chamishit le-Far'oh ve'arba hayadot yihyeh lachem lezera hasadeh ule'ochelchem vela'asher bevateychem vele'echol letapchem.
47:25 Last Reading
'You have saved our lives,' they responded. 'Just let us find favor in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's serfs.'
Vayomeru hecheyitanu nimtsa-chen be'eyney adoni vehayinu avadim le-Far'oh.


Commentary:

a fifth...
  See note on Genesis 41:34.





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