ll save a little which ye eat.

S: He said: You shall sow for seven years continuously, then what you
reap leave it in its ear except a little of which you eat.

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Y: "Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years), which
will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them,- (all)
except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded."

P: Then after that will come seven hard years which will devour all that
ye have prepared for them, save a little of that which ye have stored.

S: Then there shall come after that seven years of hardship which shall
eat away all that you have beforehand laid up in store for them, except
a little of what you shall have preserved:

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Y: "Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will
have abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and oil)."

P: Then, after that, will come a year when the people will have
plenteous crops and when they will press (wine and oil).

S: Then there will come after that a year in which people shall have
rain and in which they shall press (grapes).

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Y: So the king said: "Bring ye him unto me." But when the messenger came
to him, (Joseph) said: "Go thou back to thy lord, and ask him, 'What is
the state of mind of the ladies who cut their hands'? For my Lord is
certainly well aware of their snare."

P: And the king said: Bring him unto me. And when the messenger came
unto him, he (Joseph) said: Return unto thy lord and ask him what was
the case of the women who cut their hands. Lo! my Lord knoweth their
guile.

S: And the king said: Bring him to me. So when the messenger came to
him, he said: Go back to your lord and ask him, what is the case of the
women who cut their hands; surely my Lord knows their guile.

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Y: (The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did
seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "Allah
preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the 'Aziz's wife: "Now
is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from
his (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and
virtuous)."

P: He (the king) (then sent for those women and) said: What happened
when ye asked an evil act of Joseph? They answered: Allah Blameless! We
know no evil of him. Said the wife of the ruler: Now the truth is out.
I asked of him an evil act, and he is surely of the truthful.

S: He said: How was your affair when you s