“There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.”’”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 45 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.