6Because 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;


In Context

3 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'I am Joseph, is my father yet alive?' and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.

4 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, 'I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

5 and 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.

6 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;

7 and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

8 and 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.

Genesis 45:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

45:6For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:6For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:6For 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.