Taxes and the central power becomes strong The local authorities were not able to help the people. It was because of this the people asked for help from Pharaoh. He directed them to Joseph. The people bought grain from Joseph. However the money ran out. Now think about that‌using all of the money for food. The food runs out and you have no money. So what did they do? They sold the possessions that they had to Joseph: animals, land and then themselves! All of the animals, land and people now belonged to Pharaoh. In addition the people were required to pay 20% tax on their crops.
Concluding genesis
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