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"If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the bride-price of virgins.
Then Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh's.
Then he said, "Swear to me." And he swore to him. So Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.
And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end.
Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years.
Then Joseph said, "Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone."
So they said, "You have saved our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
Then Joseph said to the people, "Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly.
"but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do as you have said."
'According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops.
No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
It cannot be purchased for gold, Nor can silver be weighed for its price.
The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats the price of a field;
Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder without price, Because of all your sins, Throughout your territories.
"Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh; give us seed, that we may live and not die, that the land may not be desolate."