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For these two years has the famine been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
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The Famine's True Severity
Joseph's statement reveals the famine's dire nature. Commentators like Spurgeon describe it as 'utter desolation.' John Gill explains the practical reality: with the Nile not expected to flood for five more years, the ground would be too hard to plow and there was no seed to sow. This context magnifies the miracle of God's provision through Joseph.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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Anglican
Earing. —An old English word for ploughing, derived from the Latin arare, Anglo-Saxon erian, to plough.
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There were to be five more dreary years of utter desolation and want.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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