Genesis 47:24

47:24 When you gather in the crop, ¹  give ²  one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest ³  will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”

Genesis 47:26

47:26 So Joseph made it a statute, ⁴  which is in effect ⁵  to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh’s.

¹ tn The words “the crop” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn The perfect form with the vav (ו) consecutive is equivalent to an imperfect of instruction here.

³ tn Heb “four parts.”

⁴ tn On the term translated “statute” see P. Victor, “A Note on Hoq in the Old Testament,” VT 16 (1966): 358-61.

⁵ tn The words “which is in effect” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.