Genesis 45:6
New International Version
For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping.

New Living Translation
This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

English Standard Version
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

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

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
“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.

NASB 1977
“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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five more years in which there will be no plowing and harvesting.

Christian Standard Bible
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because now there would have been two years of famine within the land, and again there would be five years when there is no one sowing or reaping.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For this second year there is famine on the earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be neither ploughing, nor mowing.

Contemporary English Version
There has already been a famine for two years, and for five more years no one will plow fields or harvest grain.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

English Revised Version
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in the which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

Good News Translation
This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping.

International Standard Version
That's because this famine has been going on for two years now in this region, and there are still five years left, during which there won't be any plowing or harvesting.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
Because these two years the famine [is] in the heart of the land, and yet five years [remain in] which there is neither plowing nor harvest;

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

New American Bible
The famine has been in the land for two years now, and for five more years cultivation will yield no harvest.

NET Bible
For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

New Revised Standard Version
For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

New Heart English Bible
For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
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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Context
Joseph Reveals His Identity
5And 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. 6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.…

Cross References
Genesis 37:2
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

Genesis 41:46
Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:53
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,


Treasury of Scripture

For these two years has the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be ripening nor harvest.

two years.

Genesis 41:29-31,54,56
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: …

Genesis 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:

earing.

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.

Exodus 34:21
Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Deuteronomy 21:4
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:

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Genesis 45
1. Joseph makes himself known to his brothers.
5. He comforts them in God's providence.
9. He sends for his father.
16. Pharaoh confirms it.
21. Joseph furnishes then for their journey.
25. Jacob is revived with the news.














(6) Earing.--An old English word for ploughing, derived from the Latin arare, Anglo-Saxon erian, to plough.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the famine
הָרָעָ֖ב (hā·rā·‘āḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

has covered
בְּקֶ֣רֶב (bə·qe·reḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

the land
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

these
זֶ֛ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

two years,
שְׁנָתַ֥יִם (šə·nā·ṯa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 8141: A year

and there will be five
חָמֵ֣שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

more
וְעוֹד֙ (wə·‘ō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

years
שָׁנִ֔ים (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8141: A year

without
אֵין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

plowing
חָרִ֖ישׁ (ḥā·rîš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2758: A plowing, plowing time

or harvesting.
וְקָצִּֽיר׃‪‬ (wə·qāṣ·ṣîr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb


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