King James Version
"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."
— Genesis 45:6, King James 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. ”
“For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.”
“For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.”
“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.”
“For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.”
“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.”
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
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.
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.
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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.
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: