Genesis 41:34

WEB

³⁴Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt’s produce in the seven plenteous years.

KJV

³⁴Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

BSB

³⁴Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest ^[+] of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

FBV

³⁴Your Majesty should also appoint officials to be in charge of the land, and have them collect one-fifth of the produce of the country during the seven years of plenty.

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Extra References

Proverbs 22:3

³A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

¹¹The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king. ¹²Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

Proverbs 27:12

¹²A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Nehemiah 11:9

⁹Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

Job 5:20

²⁰In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.

Psalms 33:19

¹⁹to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.

Numbers 31:14

¹⁴Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

Proverbs 6:6-8

⁶Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; ⁷which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, ⁸provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

2 Chronicles 34:12

¹²The men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to give direction; and others of the Levites, who were all skillful with musical instruments.

Luke 16:5

⁵Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’