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Genesis 45:6

For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
Genesis 45:6 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.

    ASV

  • For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

    BBE

  • For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.

    DBY

  • For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

    WEB

  • `Because these two years the famine `is' in the heart of the land, and yet `are' five years, `in' which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

    YLT

  • For these two years has the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earring nor harvest.

    ENG

  • For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in which there shall neither be tillage nor harvest.

    WBT

  • For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

    BSB

In context

4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

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