Commentary for Genesis 47:16
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹסֵף֙ הָב֣וּ מִקְנֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם בְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־אָפֵ֖ס כָּֽסֶף׃
And Joseph said: ‘Give your cattle, and I will give you [bread] for your cattle, if money fail.’
Haamek Davar on Genesis
If there is no more money. He did not believe them, so he told them to bring their livestock as a test, knowing they would rather part with money than their animals.
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