Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 47: 20-22
MEDITATION
Genesis 47:20-22
20 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.
21 And as for the people, he moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end.
22 Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had rations allotted to them by Pharaoh, and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. Purchase of the land
a. The Egyptians sold all their land to Pharaoh.
b. The famine continued to be very severe.
c. The Pharaoh ended up owning the whole land of Egypt!
2. The Egyptians
a. They had said that they were selling themselves to the Pharaoh.
b. They had no land to call their own anymore.
c. Joseph relocated the people into cities.
d. This would prove easier to manage.
3. The Egyptian priests
a. The priests of Egypt were considered “holy”.
b. They owned property.
c. They did not have to sell their land at all.
d. They had a special arrangement with the Pharaoh.
e. They were provided for by the Pharaoh.
i. They had rations given to them.
ii. They did not starve nor suffer like the rest of Egypt.
f. Joseph noted this arrangement of the Pharaoh. He upheld this royal grant given.
经文：创世记 47:20-22
沉思
《创世记 47：20-22》
20 于是，约瑟为法老买了埃及所有的地。埃及人因被饥荒所迫，各都卖了自己的田地，那地就都归了法老。
21 至于百姓，约瑟叫他们从埃及这边直到埃及那边，都各归各城。22 唯有祭司的地，约瑟没有买，因为祭司有从法老所得的常俸。他们吃法老所给的常俸，所以他们不卖自己的地。