Genesis 47:13-26
"The Land Becomes Pharaoh's"
Okay, this passage is interesting. It is a historical account of how Joseph strengthened the office of Pharaoh in Egypt. Over the course of the famine years, the Egyptians use all their money buying food, then all their livestock, and then, finally, their land (with themselves as slaves). Joseph collects this for Pharaoh and essentially gives Pharaoh ownership of the entire land as well as the tax profit therefrom.
What relevance, however, does this have? Well, considering tat in the last passage, Pharaoh gave Jacob & Sons the land of Goshen, we must be wondering who owned the land he so glibly gave. well, Pharaoh did. Pharaoh owned the land and could therefore give it as he pleased withough compensating the evicted.
Isn't it interesting how God pulls strings to protect and provide for His people?
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