7 And Joseph nourished his father and his brethren and also their possessions with bread as much as sufficed them for the seven years of the famine. (JUB) 8 And the land of Egypt suffered by reason of the famine, and Joseph acquired all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh in return for food, and he got possession of the people and their cattle and everything for Pharaoh. (JUB) 9 And the years of the famine were accomplished, and Joseph gave to the people in the land seed and food that they might sow (the land) in the eighth year, for the river had overflowed all the land of Egypt. (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 45:7–9
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