Genesis 45:11
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.”
יָרַשׁ
you should become impoverished
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
עוֹד
still
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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שָׁנֶה
years
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שָׁנֶה
a year (as a revolution of time)
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רָעָב
famine
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רָעָב
hunger (more or less extensive)
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חָמֵשׁ
will be five
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