Genesis 47:20-22

International Standard Version

Pharaoh Gains Control of All of Egypt

²⁰ So Joseph purchased all of the Egyptian territory for Pharaoh. Every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine’s effect was so severe. That’s how Pharaoh came to own the land. ²¹ Then Joseph transported the people to cities from one end of Egypt to the other. ²² However, he did not purchase land belonging to the priests, because the priests held an allotment, previously provided to them by Pharaoh, from which they lived. That’s why they did not sell their land.