Genesis 45:6
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- For these two years the famine [has been] in the midst of the earth, and [there are] still five years in which [there is] no plowing and harvesting.
- ÅB
- for nå har det vært hungersnød i landet i to år, og enda kommer det fem år da der hverken skal pløyes eller høstes.
- OTB
- For hungersnøden har vært i landet i to år, og det er ennå fem år uten pløying eller innhøsting.
- B1930
- for nu har det vært hungersnød i landet i to år, og ennu kommer det fem år da der hverken skal pløies eller høstes.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 47:23
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.
Read in contextGenesis 41:56
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.
Read in contextGenesis 41:54
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.
Read in contextGenesis 41:29–31
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Read in context1 Samuel 8:12
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 30:24
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.
Read in contextExodus 34:21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Read in contextGenesis 47:18
When 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:
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