Genesis 47:17

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Genesis 47:17 (WEB)
They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.

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Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy II.16Book II
“First of all, then, he gathered up their money, then their implements, last of all he acquired for the king all their rights to the ground.” — editor's note: Gen. xlvii. 14–20.
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