Genesis 47: 24

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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
GENESIS

CHAPTER 47

24 And it shall come to pass ^ain the increase, that ye shall give the ^bfifth part unto 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.

Footnotes

24a

HEB at the harvests.

Mosiah 11: 3.

3 And he laid a ^atax of one fifth part of all they possessed, a fifth part of their gold and of their silver, and a fifth part of their ^bziff, and of their copper, and of their brass and their iron; and a fifth part of their fatlings; and also a fifth part of all their grain.

Ether 10: 5 (5-6)

5 And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that which was right in the sight of the Lord, for he did have many wives and ^aconcubines, and did lay that upon men’s shoulders which was grievous to be borne; yea, he did ^btax them with heavy taxes; and with the taxes he did build many spacious buildings.