20.於是，約瑟為法老買了埃及所有的地，埃及人因被饑荒所迫，各都買了自己的田地；那地就都歸了法老。
So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
21.至於百姓，約瑟叫他們，從埃及這邊直到埃及那邊，都各歸各城。
and Joseph reduced the people to servitude,[c] from one end of Egypt to the other.
Footnotes:
c. Genesis 47:21 Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also Vulgate); Masoretic Text and he moved the people into the cities
22.惟有祭司的地，約瑟沒有買，因為祭司有從法老所得的常俸。他們吃法老所給的常俸，所以他們不賣自己的地。
However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.
23.約瑟對百姓說：「我今日為法老買了你們和你們的地，看哪，這裏有種子給你們，你們可以種地。
Joseph said to the people, 「Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.
24.後來打糧食的時候，你們要把五分之一納給法老，四分可以歸你們做地裏的種子，也做你們和你們家口孩童的食物。」
But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.」
25.他們說：「你救了我們的性命。但願我們在我主眼前蒙恩，我們就做法老的僕人。」
「You have saved our lives,」 they said. 「May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bongage to Pharaoh.」
26.於是約瑟為埃及地定下常例，直到今日：法老必得五分之一，惟獨祭司的地不歸法老。
So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt－still in force today－that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh’s.
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