And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.
WEB
The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
YLT
and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it is very grievous.
DBT
And the plenty will not be known afterwards in the land by reason of that famine; for it will be very grievous.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)