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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 45:11

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And there will I nourish thee, etc.] Provide for him and his family: for yet [there are] five years of famine; still to come, two of the seven only being past: lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty; his whole posterity be consumed, as it would be in all probability, if he did not procure food for his family during the famine.
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