Genesis 45:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.”
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“For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Because these two years the famine <FI>is<Fi> in the heart of the land, and yet <FI>are<Fi> five years, <FI>in<Fi> which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 45:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:29Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
- Genesis 41:35Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.
- Genesis 41:54the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:56When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 47:18When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
- Genesis 47:23Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
- Exodus 34:21Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
- Deuteronomy 21:4bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
- 1 Samuel 8:12He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.
- Isaiah 30:24The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
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