Genesis 45:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 34:21 : 21 `Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.
  • Deut 21:4 : 4 and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.
  • 1 Sam 8:12 : 12 also to appoint for himself heads of thousands, and heads of fifties; also to plow his plowing, and to reap his reaping; and to make instruments of his war, and instruments of his charioteer.
  • Isa 30:24 : 24 And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.
  • Gen 41:29-31 : 29 `Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt, 30 and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land, 31 and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it `is' very grievous.
  • Gen 41:54 : 54 and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;
  • Gen 41:56 : 56 And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all `places' which have `corn' in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,
  • Gen 47:18 : 18 And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;
  • Gen 47:23 : 23 And Joseph saith unto the people, `Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:10-11
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    10and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,

    11and I have nourished thee there -- for yet `are' five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 41:35-36
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    79%

    35and they gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and heap up corn under the hand of Pharaoh -- food in the cities; and they have kept `it',

    36and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

  • Gen 41:29-31
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    78%

    29`Lo, seven years are coming of great abundance in all the land of Egypt,

    30and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,

    31and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it `is' very grievous.

  • Gen 45:7-8
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    7and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

    8and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 45:5
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    5and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

  • Gen 41:53-57
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    76%

    53And the seven years of plenty are completed which have been in the land of Egypt,

    54and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

    55and all the land of Egypt is famished, and the people crieth unto Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh saith to all the Egyptians, `Go unto Joseph; that which he saith to you -- do.'

    56And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all `places' which have `corn' in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,

    57and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    1And the famine `is' severe in the land;

    2and it cometh to pass, when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt, that their father saith unto them, `Turn back, buy for us a little food.'

  • Gen 42:5
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    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 41:26-27
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    26the seven good kine are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years, the dream is one;

    27and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

  • Gen 42:2
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    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

  • Gen 47:13
    73%

    13And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine `is' very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;

  • Lev 25:20-21
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    20`And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?

    21then I have commanded My blessing on you in the sixth year, and it hath made the increase for three years;

  • Gen 47:18-19
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    18And that year is finished, and they come in unto him on the second year, and say to him, `We do not hide from my lord, that since the money hath been finished, and possession of the cattle `is' unto my lord, there hath not been left before my lord save our bodies, and our ground;

    19why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'

  • Gen 41:47
    72%

    47and the land maketh in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.

  • Acts 7:11
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    11`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.