Genesis · Bereshit

Genesis 47:26

וַיָּשֶׂם אֹתָהּ יוֹסֵף לְחֹק
King James Version (KJV)

So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth.

Modern English

Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.

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