Genesis 45:6

God's Word

The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

Cross References

Genesis 37:2

This is the account of Jacob and his descendants. Joseph was a seventeen-year-old young man. He took care of the flocks with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph told his father about the bad things his brothers were doing.

Genesis 41:35

Have them collect all the food during these good years and store up grain under Pharaoh’s control, to be kept for food in the cities.

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was 30 years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). He left Pharaoh and traveled all around Egypt.

Genesis 41:53

The seven years when there was plenty of food in Egypt came to an end.

Genesis 41:54

Then the seven years of famine began as Joseph had said they would. All the other countries were experiencing famine. Yet, there was food in Egypt.

Genesis 41:56

When the famine had spread all over the country, Joseph opened all the storehouses  and sold grain to the Egyptians. He did this because the famine was severe in Egypt.

Genesis 47:18

When that year was over, they came to him the next year. “Sir,” they said to him, “you know that our money is gone, and you have all our livestock. There’s nothing left to bring you except our bodies and our land.

Genesis 47:23

Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Plant crops in the land.

Exodus 34:21

“You may work six days, but on the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work ⌞on this day⌟.

Isaiah 30:24

The oxen and the donkeys which work the soil will eat a mixture of food that has been winnowed  with forks and shovels.

Deuteronomy 21:4

The leaders of that city will bring the heifer down to a river, to a location where the land hasn’t been plowed or planted. At the river they must break the heifer’s neck.

1 Samuel 8:12

He will appoint them to be his officers over 1,000 or over 50 soldiers, to plow his ground and harvest his crops, and to make weapons and equipment for his chariots.