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Genesis 45:6 KJV
Genesis · chapter 45 · verse 6
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
Genesis 45:6 in context
4And 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.
5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
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.
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8So 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- faminerâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- earingchârîyshploughing or its seasonH2758 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- fivechâmêshfiveH2568 →
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Judah and his brethren were waiting for an answer, and could not but be amazed to discover, instead of the gravity of a judge, the natural affection of a father or brother. I. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw, Gen 45:1. The private conversations of friends are the most free.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15