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Genesis 45:4-8 (NIV)

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⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close to me." When they had done so, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! ⁵ And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. ⁶ For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping. ⁷ But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. ⁸ "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all 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