KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 45
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am] Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4 And 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.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
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.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So 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.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּי־H3588 · kiforזֶ֛הH2088 · zehthisשְׁנָתַ֥יִםH8141 · sha.nehyearהָרָעָ֖בH7458 · ra.avfamineבְּקֶ֣רֶבH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְעוֹד֙H5750 · odstillחָמֵ֣שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveשָׁנִ֔יםH8141 · sha.nehyearאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאֵין־H369 · a.yinnothingחָרִ֖ישׁH2758 · cha.rishplowingוְקָצִּֽיר׃H7105 · qa.tsirharvest
Cross-references
Genesis 47:23Then 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 41:29-31Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:Genesis 41:54And 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 41:56And 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.1 Samuel 8:12And 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.Exodus 34:21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.Isaiah 30:24The 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.Genesis 47:18When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide [it] from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:Deuteronomy 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
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