Genesis 47:22 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Except the land of the priests, which had been given them by the king: to whom also a certain allowance of food was given out of the public stores, and therefore they were not forced to sell their possessions.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
except the land of the priests, which had been delivered to them by the king. To these also a portion of food was supplied out of the public storehouses, and, for this reason, they were not compelled to sell their possessions.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn’t sell their land.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Only the ground of the priests he has not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh has given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.
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Darby Darby Translation
Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and ate their assigned portion which Pharaoh had given them; so they did not sell their land.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion [assigned them] by Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Onely the lande of the Priestes bought he not: for the Priestes had an ordinarie of Pharaoh, and they did eate their ordinarie, which Pharaoh gaue them: wherefore they solde not their grounde.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
It was only the land of the priests that Joseph did not buy, because the priests were given an allowance. They ate from the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore they did not sell their land.
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Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
Only the land of the priests bought he not, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Only the ground of the priests he hath not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh hath given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.
FBV Free Bible Version
The only land he didn't buy belonged to the priests because they had a food allowance provided to them by Pharaoh, so they didn't have to sell their land.
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Only he did not take the land of the priests, for the priests had their food given them by Pharaoh, and having what Pharaoh gave them, they had no need to give up their land.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Solamente la tierra de los sacerdotes no compró, por cuanto los sacerdotes tenían ración de Faraón, y ellos comían su ración que Faraón les daba: por eso no vendieron su tierra.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
La única tierra que no compró fue la de los sacerdotes, porque tenían ración de parte del faraón y no necesitaban venderla.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Solamente no compró la tierra de los sacerdotes, porque había un estatuto de Faraón para los sacerdotes, y ellos comían la ración que Faraón les daba. Por eso no tuvieron que vender sus tierras.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
La única tierra que no compró fue la de los sacerdotes porque tenían una asignación de alimentos que les proporcionó el Faraón, así que no tuvieron que vender sus tierras.
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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Solo no compró las tierras de los sacerdotes, porque ellos recibían alimento del faraón y por eso no tuvieron que vender sus tierras.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἐκτήσατο ταύτην Ἰωσήφ· ἐν δόσει γὰρ ἔδωκε δόμα τοῖς ἱερεῦσι Φαραὼ, καὶ ἤσθιον τὴν δόσιν, ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς Φαραώ· διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀπέδοντο τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
רַ֛ק אַדְמַ֥ת הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֹ֣א קָנָ֑ה כִּי֩ חֹ֨ק לַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ת פַּרְעֹ֗ה וְאָֽכְל֤וּ אֶת־חֻקָּם֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן לָהֶם֙ פַּרְעֹ֔ה עַל־כֵּ֕ן לֹ֥א מָכְר֖וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָֽם׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
præter terram sacerdotum, quæ a rege tradita fuerat eis: quibus et statuta cibaria ex horreis publicis præbebantur, et idcirco non sunt compulsi vendere possessiones suas.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
кромѣ̀ землѝ жре́ческїѧ то́кмѡ, тоѧ́ бо не кꙋпѝ і҆ѡ́сифъ: даѧ́нїемъ бо дадѐ въ да́ръ жерцє́мъ фараѡ́нъ, и҆ ꙗ҆дѧ́хꙋ даѧ́нїе, є҆́же дадѐ и҆̀мъ фараѡ́нъ: сегѡ̀ ра́ди не прода́ша землѝ своеѧ̀.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Только земли жрецов не купил [Иосиф], ибо жрецам от фараона положен был участок, и они питались своим участком, который дал им фараон; посему и не продали земли своей.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
μόνον την γην των ιερέων δεν ηγόρασε· διότι οι ιερείς είχον μερίδιον προσδιωρισμένον υπό του Φαραώ· και έτρωγον το μερίδιον αυτών, το οποίον έδωκεν εις αυτούς ο Φαραώ· διά τούτο δεν επώλησαν την γην αυτών.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Само не купи свештеничке њиве; јер Фараон одреди део свештеницима, и храњаху се од свог дела, који им даде Фараон, те не продаше својих њива.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Samo ne kupi svešteničke njive; jer Faraon odredi deo sveštenicima, i hranjahu se od svog dela, koji im dade Faraon, te ne prodaše svojih njiva.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
إِلَا إِنَّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ لَمْ يَشْتَرِهَا، إِذْ كَانَتْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ فَرِيضَةٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَأَكَلُوا فَرِيضَتَهُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ، لِذَلِكَ لَمْ يَبِيعُوا أَرْضَهُمْ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT