Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Two years
General references
Bible References
Two years
Genesis 41:29
Seven years are coming when there will be plenty of food in Egypt.
Genesis 47:18
The following year they said to him: We will not hide the fact from you, Sir, that our money is all gone and our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left to give you except our bodies and our lands.
Earing
Genesis 47:23
Joseph said to the people: I have now bought you and your lands for the king. Here is seed for you to sow in your fields.
Exodus 34:21
You may work six days. On the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work on this day.
Deuteronomy 21:4
The elders of that city will bring the heifer down to a river, to a location where the land has not been plowed or planted. At the river they must break the heifer's neck.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint them to be his officers over one thousand or over fifty soldiers. He will have them plow his ground and harvest his crops. He will require them to make weapons and equipment for his chariots.
Isaiah 30:24
The cattle and the donkeys that work the soil will eat a mixture of food that has been winnowed with forks and shovels.
General references
Acts 7:11
A famine and great suffering came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan. Our fathers found no food.
Philemon 1:15
Perhaps he was separated from you for a season, that you should have him forever.