en_tn/gen/47/20.md

translationWords

• en:tw:egypt
• en:tw:famine
• en:tw:pharaoh
• en:tw:priest
• en:tw:servant

translationNotes

• In this way, the land became Pharaoh's - "So the land became Pharaoh's"
• It was only the land of the priests that Joseph did not buy - "But he did not buy the land of the priests"
• the priests were given an allowance - An "allowance" is an amount of money or food that some one regularly gives to another person. Alternate translation: "Pharaoh gave the priests a certain amount of food each day." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive)
• They ate from the allotment which Pharaoh gave them - "They ate from what Pharaoh gave them"