¹⁵ When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone,^(A) all Egypt came to Joseph^(B) and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes?^(C) Our money is all gone.”

¹⁹ Why should we perish before your eyes^(A)—we and our land as well? Buy us and our land in exchange for food,^(B) and we with our land will be in bondage to Pharaoh.^(C) Give us seed so that we may live and not die,^(D) and that the land may not become desolate.”