Genesis 47:26 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
From that time unto this day, in the whole land of Egypt, the fifth part is paid to the king, and it is become as a law, except the land of the priests, which was free from this covenant.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
From that time, even to the present day, in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings, and it has become like a law, except in the land of the priests, which was free from this condition.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Joseph 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.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Joseph 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.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part;] except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh’s.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh’s.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh’s.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and Joseph sets it for a statute to this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh has a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone has not become Pharaoh’s.
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Darby Darby Translation
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, [that] the fifth should be for Pharaoh, except the land of the priests: theirs alone did not become Pharaoh's.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh's.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Then Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the land of Egypt vnto this day, that Pharaoh should haue the fift part, except the land of the priests only, which was not Pharaohs.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
So Joseph made it a statute which is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day, that one-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharaoh, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharaoh’s.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and Joseph setteth it for a statute unto this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh hath a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone hath not become Pharaoh's.
FBV Free Bible Version
So Joseph made it a law for Egypt which is still is in effect today that one-fifth of all produce from the land belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests' land was exempt since it did not belong to Pharaoh.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces José lo puso por fuero hasta hoy sobre la tierra de Egipto, [señalando] para Faraón el quinto; excepto sólo la tierra de los sacerdotes, que no fué de Faraón.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Entonces José estableció esta ley en Egipto: la quinta parte de todas las cosechas es del faraón. Esta ley todavía se sigue aplicando. Las únicas tierras que no pasaron a ser propiedad del faraón fueron las de los sacerdotes.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
José lo estableció por estatuto sobre la tierra de Egipto hasta hoy: Faraón recibe la quinta parte. Solo la tierra de los sacerdotes no fue de Faraón.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Así que José hizo una ley para Egipto, que sigue vigente hoy en día: Que una quinta parte de todos los productos de la tierra pertenecen al Faraón. Sólo la tierra de los sacerdotes estaba exenta ya que no pertenecía al Faraón.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
José estableció como ley sobre las tierras de Egipto, que todavía existe, que una quinta parte de la cosecha pertenece al faraón. Solo las tierras de los sacerdotes no pasaron a ser del faraón.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ εἰς πρόσταγμα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης, ἐπὶ γῆς Αἰγύπτου τῷ Φαραὼ ἀποπεμπτοῦν, χωρὶς τῆς γῆς τῶν ἱερέων μόνον· οὐκ ἧν τῷ Φαραώ.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Ex eo tempore usque in præsentem diem, in universa terra Ægypti regibus quinta pars solvitur, et factum est quasi in legem, absque terra sacerdotali, quæ libera ab hac conditione fuit.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ ᲂу҆ста́ви и҆̀мъ і҆ѡ́сифъ за́повѣдь да́же до сегѡ̀ днѐ на землѝ є҆гѵ́петстѣй пѧ́тꙋю ча́сть даѧ́ти фараѡ́нꙋ, кромѣ̀ землѝ жре́ческїѧ: та̀ то́чїю не бѧ́ше фараѡ́нѧ.
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)
И поставил Иосиф в закон земле Египетской, даже до сего дня: пятую часть давать фараону, исключая только землю жрецов, которая не принадлежала фараону.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και έθεσεν ο Ιωσήφ τούτο νόμον εν τη γη της Αιγύπτου μέχρι της σήμερον, να δίδεται το πέμπτον εις τον Φαραώ· εκτός της γης των ιερέων μόνον, ήτις δεν έγεινε του Φαραώ.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И постави Јосиф закон до данашњег дана за њиве мисирске да се даје пето Фараону; само њиве свештеничке не посташе Фараонове.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I postavi Josif zakon do današnjeg dana za njive misirske da se daje peto Faraonu; samo njive svešteničke ne postaše Faraonove.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَجَعَلَهَا يُوسُفُ فَرْضًا عَلَى أَرْضِ مِصْرَ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ: لِفِرْعَوْنَ ٱلْخُمْسُ. إِلَا إِنَّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَحْدَهُمْ لَمْ تَصِرْ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT