- 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.
- And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- 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.
- Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
- And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
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- "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.
- "God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
- "Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- "Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.
- "You shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.
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