Genesis 47:21

47:21 Joseph ¹  made all the people slaves ²  from one end of Egypt’s border to the other end of it.

Genesis 47:25

47:25 They replied, “You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, ³  and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.” ⁴ 

Genesis 50:18

50:18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”

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¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tc The MT reads “and the people he removed to the cities,” which does not make a lot of sense in this context. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the LXX read “he enslaved them as slaves.”

³ tn Heb “we find favor in the eyes of my lord.” Some interpret this as a request, “may we find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

⁴ sn Slaves. See the note on this word in v. 21.