Genesis 47:20-21

47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each ¹  of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. ²  So the land became Pharaoh’s. 47:21 Joseph ³  made all the people slaves ⁴  from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.

[47:20]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text connects this clause with the preceding one with a causal particle (כִּי, ki). The translation divides the clauses into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[47:20]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds “upon them.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[47:21]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[47:21]  ⁴ tc The MT reads “and the people he removed to the cities,” which does not make a lot of sense in this context. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the LXX read “he enslaved them as slaves.”