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Genesis 45:6

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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.

For these two years {H8141} hath the famine {H7458} been in {H7130} the land {H776}: and yet there are five {H2568} years {H8141}, in the which there shall neither {H369} be earing {H2758} nor harvest {H7105}.

The famine has been over the land for the last two years, and for yet another five years there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

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

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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Cross-References

  • Genesis 47:23 (4 votes)

    Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

  • Genesis 41:29 (3 votes)

    Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

  • Genesis 41:31 (3 votes)

    And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it [shall be] very grievous.

  • Genesis 41:54 (3 votes)

    And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

  • Genesis 41:56 (3 votes)

    And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

  • Isaiah 30:24 (2 votes)

    The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

  • 1 Samuel 8:12 (2 votes)

    And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.