Genesis 45:6-8
GOD’S WORD Translation
6 The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to make sure that you would have descendants on the earth and to save your lives in an amazing way. 8 It wasn’t you who sent me here, but God. He has made me ⌞like⌟ a father to Pharaoh, lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt.
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Genesis 45:6-8
King James Version
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.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So 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.
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Genesis 45:6-8
New King James Version
6 For these two years the (A)famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 And God (B)sent me before you to preserve a [a]posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but (C)God; and He has made me (D)a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a (E)ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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- Genesis 45:7 remnant
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