Genesis 45:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

There has already been a famine for two years, and for five more years no one will plough fields or harvest grain.

Cross References

Genesis 37:2

and this is the story of his family. When Jacob's son Joseph was seventeen years old, he took care of the sheep with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah. But he was always telling his father all sorts of bad things about his brothers.

Genesis 41:35

Give them the power to collect the grain during those good years and to store it in your cities.

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty when the king made him governor, and he went everywhere for the king.

Genesis 41:53

Egypt's seven years of plenty came to an end,

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.

Genesis 41:56

The famine became bad everywhere in Egypt, so Joseph opened the storehouses and sold the grain to the Egyptians.

Genesis 47:18

Then the people came to him and said: Sir, there's no way we can hide the truth from you. We are broke, and we don't have any more animals. We have nothing left except ourselves and our land.

Genesis 47:23

Then Joseph said to the people, “You and your land now belong to the king. I'm giving you seed to plant,

Exodus 34:21

Do your work in six days and rest on the seventh day, even during the seasons for ploughing and harvesting.

Isaiah 30:24

Even the oxen and donkeys that plough your fields will be fed the finest grain.

Deuteronomy 21:4

They and some of the priests will take this cow to a nearby valley where there is a stream, but no crops. Once they reach the valley, the leaders will break the cow's neck. The priests must be there, because the LORD your God has chosen them to be his special servants at the place of worship. The LORD has chosen them to bless the people in his name and to be judges in all legal cases, whether property or injury is involved.

1 Samuel 8:12

Some of them will be officers in charge of a thousand soldiers, and others will be in charge of fifty. Still others will have to farm the king's land and harvest his crops, or make weapons and parts for his chariots.