Genesis 45:6

King James Version (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.

Translations

Genesis 45:6 - Amplified Bible

For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years more in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

Genesis 45:6 - 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.

Genesis 45:6 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Genesis 45:6 - Darby Bible

For 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.

Genesis 45:6 - 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.

Genesis 45:6 - 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 - La Biblia de las Americas

Porque en estos dos años ha habido hambre en la tierra y todavìa quedan otros cinco años en los cuales no habrá ni siembra ni siega.

Genesis 45:6 - The Message

Genesis 45:6 - 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.

Genesis 45:6 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Porque en estos dos años ha habido hambre en la tierra y todavìa quedan otros cinco años en los cuales no habrá ni siembra ni siega.

Genesis 45:6 - World English Bible

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

Genesis 45:6 - Young's Living 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;

Genesis 45:6 - Additional Comments

The numbers represent the time relative to Joseph's birth.
-34 - Jacob meets Laban, Rachel, and Leah (Jacob is 57) (Gen 29:9-14)
-27 - Jacob marries Rachel and Leah. During the next 27 years, Jacob's first 11 sons (including Joseph) and one daughter (Dinah) are born.
-20 - Jacob becomes Laban's neighbor, no longer in service to Laban (speculated - http://www.godrules.net/library/clarke/clarkegen31.htm)
0 - Joseph is born, Jacob is 91. Jacob starts 6 years of service to Laban (Gen 30:24-25)
6 - Jacob leaves Laban after 40 years living with or by Laban (Gen 31:38,41)
17 - Joseph is sold into slavery (Gen 37:2)
28 - Joseph interpret's dream of fellow prisoners (Gen 41:1)
30 - Joseph meets Pharaoh, becomes ruler of Egypt (Gen 41:46)
39 - Joseph's reunion with his family (7 years of plenty plus 2 years of famine) (Gen 45:6)
- Jacob is 130 years old (Gen 47:9)
56 - Jacob dies at 147 (Gen 47:28)

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