Genesis 45:6 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.
Words Then and Now
- earing plowing Still heard today: arable land, land fit to plow, from the same ancient root Webster’s 1828 · Earing
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Joseph comforts his brethren, and sends for his fatherJoseph let Judah go on, and heard all he had to say. He found his brethren humbled for their sins, mindful of himself, for Judah had mentioned him twice in...
Thompson Chains
- Famine (2)See the chain from Genesis 12:10 · 10 links
Cross References
- 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:
- 1 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.
- Isaiah 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.
- Genesis 41:29–31 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: …
- Genesis 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.
- Genesis 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.
- 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:
- 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.
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Topics
- Benjamin Taken into Egypt
- Forgiveness Joseph forgives his brothers
- God Providence of, overruling interpositions of the
- Joseph Reveals himself to his brothers; sends for his father; provides the land of Goshen for his people; and sustains them during the famine
- Readings, select Joseph revealing his identity
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For these two years כִּי kî Conjunction זֶה zê Pronoun שְׁנָתַיִם šĕnātayim שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine dual
- the famine הָרָעָב hārāʿāb רָעָב Noun · masculine singular · with the
- in בְּקֶרֶב bĕqereb קֶרֶב Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- the land הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- and yet there are five וְעוֹד wĕʿôd Adverb · with and חָמֵשׁ ḥāmēš חָמֵשׁ Number · feminine singular
- years שָׁנִים šānîm שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine plural
- in the which there shall neither אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אֵין ʾên אַיִן Negative
- earing חָרִישׁ ḥārîš חָרִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- nor harvest וְקָצִּיר wĕqāṣṣîr קָצִיר Noun · masculine singular · with and
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