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Genesis 45:6

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two years: Genesis 41:29-31, Genesis 41:54, Genesis 41:56, Genesis 47:18

earing: Earing means ploughing or seed-time from the Anglo-Saxon erian:, probably from aro:, to plough; and agrees with αροω: strong:G723, Greek, charatha:, Arabic, and charash:, Hebrew. Genesis 47:23; Exodus 34:21; Deuteronomy 21:4; 1 Samuel 8:12; Isaiah 30:24

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