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Genesis 45:4-8 (ESV)

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⁴ So Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." And they came near. And he said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. ⁶ For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. ⁷ And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. ⁸ So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 6) Did seed time and harvest ever cease? For the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 4) God does not change (part 2) (2010-06-24)
(v. 5) Power of Gratitude - Don't waste your sin (2008-03-01)
(v. 5) God does not change (part 2) (2010-06-24)
(v. 6) God does not change (part 2) (2010-06-24)
(v. 7) God does not change (part 2) (2010-06-24)
(v. 8) God does not change (part 2) (2010-06-24)
(v. 8) In Control (2015-04-02)

Definition(s):
Joseph (Joh-sef): increase; addition