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Genesis 45:6

American Standard Version

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.

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Genesis 45:6 in other translations

For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest.

Genesis 45:6 · World English Bible

Genesis 45:6 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
  3. 6For 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.
  4. 7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
  5. 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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.