• Genesis 47:22
    The Bible in Living English

    • 22 Only the priests’ land he did not buy, because the priests had rations from the Pharaoh and ate their rations that the Pharaoh gave them; for this reason they did not sell their land.

  • Genesis 47:22
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 22 Only the ground of the priests bought he not,—for the priests had a statutory-portion from Pharaoh and they had been eating their statutory-portion which Pharaoh had given them, for which cause they had not sold their ground.

  • Genesis 47:22
    King James Version

    • 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.