genesis 45:6 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 "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.

6. and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest--"Ear" is an old English word, meaning "to plough" (compare 1Sa 8:12; Isa 30:24). This seems to confirm the view given (Ge 41:57) that the famine was caused by an extraordinary drought, which prevented the annual overflowing of the Nile; and of course made the land unfit to receive the seed of Egypt.

genesis 45:6 "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.

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