1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Genesis 45:6 | For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping. | Reaping, as in common years, though the places near the Nile might produce some little; (Menochius) and hence the Egyptians ask Joseph for seed, Genesis 47:19. (Calmet) |