Verse 17
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph ,.... Which they might the more readily do, since there was scarce any grass to feed them with; and though some of them were creatures used for food, yet might be so lean and poor for want of grass, as not to be fit to eat; and besides, they could do better without flesh than without bread:
and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses ; with which Egypt abounded, to which many places of Scripture have respect, Deuteronomy 17:16 ,
and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds ; the sheep and the oxen; which shows that these creatures were bred and fed by them, and were, no doubt, slain, and used for food:
and for the asses ; which were used for carrying burdens:
and he fed them with bread for all their cattle, for that year ; which seems to be the sixth year of the famine: one would wonder what Joseph should do with all their cattle, where put them, and feed them, in such a time of drought; though it is probable the number was not exceeding large, since they only fetched one year's provision of bread.
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