For these two years the (A)famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. And God (B)sent me before you to preserve a [a]posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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  1. Genesis 45:7 remnant

For two years now there has been famine(A) in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant(B) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a](C)

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  1. Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors