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11 I will provide you with food[a] there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor—you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

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  1. Genesis 45:11 tn The verb כּוּל (kul) in the Pilpel stem means “to nourish, to support, to sustain.” As in 1 Kgs 20:27, it here means “to supply with food.”

11 I will provide for you there,(A) because five years of famine(B) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’(C)

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