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Genesis 47:21

KJV

And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

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and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other.

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Joseph is regarded as one of the greatest types of Christ in the Old Testament. In this verse, Joseph simply relocates the people to cities in the borders of Egypt since they sold their land to Pharaoh (v.20). But some modern versions reproach the character of Joseph by claiming he made servants/slaves out of them.

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