Gen 41:34
Let Pharaoh do {this}, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. {officers: or, overseers}
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A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, {along} by the altar and the temple. {corner: Heb. shoulder}
A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, {and} hideth himself; {but} the simple pass on, {and} are punished.
And Joel the son of Zichri {was} their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah {was} second over the city.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. {power: Heb. hands}
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, {with} the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. {battle: Heb. host of war}
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them {were} Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set {it} forward; and {other of} the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
So he called every one of his lord's debtors {unto him}, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth {part} unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which {was} round about every city, laid he up in the same.