21. and Joseph made the people slaves from one end of Egypt to the other.
22. The only land he did not buy was the land the priests owned. They did not need to sell their land because the king paid them for their work. So they had money to buy food.
23. Joseph said to the people, “Now I have bought you and your land for the king, so I will give you seed and you can plant your fields.
24. At harvest time you must give one-fifth to the king. You may keep four-fifths for yourselves to use as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your families, and your children.”
25. The people said, “You have saved our lives. If you like, we will become slaves of the king.”
26. So Joseph made a law in Egypt, which continues today: One-fifth of everything from the land belongs to the king. The only land the king did not get was the priests’ land.
27. The Israelites continued to live in the land of Goshen in Egypt. There they got possessions and had many children and grew in number.
28. Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, so he lived to be one hundred forty-seven years old.
29. When Israel knew he soon would die, he called his son Joseph to him and said to him, “If you love me, put your hand under my leg. Promise me you will not bury me in Egypt.