25And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.


In Context

22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: why they sold not their lands.

23 Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: see, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that you shall give the fifth part to 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.

25 And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.

27 And Israel dwelled in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

Genesis 47:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

47:25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

47:25"You have saved our lives," they said. "May we find favor in the eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

47:25And they answered: Our life is in thy hand: only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

47:25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:25And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

47:25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

47:25They said, |You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

47:25And they say, 'Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'