Genesis 45:6

Genesis chapter 45 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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.

King James Version · 1611

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.

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

v.5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

v.6This passage

v.7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 41:54
And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Isaiah 30:24
the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
Genesis 41:56
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 8:12
and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
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.
Genesis 41:29
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: