^41:34Pharaoh should do⁶⁰ this—he should appoint⁶¹ officials⁶² throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt⁶³ during the seven years of abundance.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

60 The imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance here. The Samaritan Pentateuch has a jussive form here, “and let [Pharaoh] do.”
61 Heb “and let him appoint.” The jussive form expresses Joseph’s advice to Pharaoh.
62 Heb “appointees.” The noun is a cognate accusative of the preceding verb. Since “appoint appointees” would be redundant in English, the term “officials” was used in the translation instead.
63 Heb “and he shall collect a fifth of the land of Egypt.” The language is figurative (metonymy); it means what the land produces, i.e., the harvest.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plentiful years.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let Pharaoh appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let Pharaoh do this: Let him appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the harvest of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Pharaoh should appoint supervisors over the land and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven good years.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint supervisors over the land, and let him take one-fifth from the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

Public Domain