Genesis 45:6
“For these two yeeres hath the famine bene in the land: and yet there are fiue yeeres, in the which there shall neither be earing nor haruest.”
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Genesis 45:6 Context
4And Ioseph said vnto his brethren, Come neere to me, I pray you: and they came neere; and he said, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5Now therefore bee not grieued, nor angry with your selues, that yee sold me hither: for God did send me before you, to preserue life. 6For these two yeeres hath the famine bene in the land: and yet there are fiue yeeres, in the which there shall neither be earing nor haruest. 7And God sent me before you, to preserue you a posteritie in the earth, and to saue your liues by a great deliuerance. 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 a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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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.
- King James Version
"For the famine {has been} in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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 (1901)
For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.
- Basic English Bible
For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.
- Darby Bible
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in which there shall neither be tillage nor harvest.
- Webster's 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.
- World English Bible
`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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible