Genesis 45:6

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 45:6

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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.

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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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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 no plowing and no harvest.

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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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 45

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!

⁵ And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

⁶ For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

⁷ God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

⁸ Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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