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They said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

Genesis 47:25 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૪૭:૨૫
તેઓએ કહ્યું, “તેં અમારા જીવ બચાવ્યા છે. અમારા પર તારી કૃપાદ્રષ્ટિ રાખજે અને અમે ફારુનના દાસ થઈને રહીશું.”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ४७:२५
उन्होंने कहा, “तूने हमको बचा लिया है; हमारे प्रभु के अनुग्रह की दृष्टि हम पर बनी रहे, और हम फ़िरौन के दास होकर रहेंगे।”

In context

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

24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”

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

26Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn’t become Pharaoh’s.

27Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.

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