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Genesis 45:5

And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

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ASV

And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

KJV

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תֵּעָ֣צְב֗וּte.'A.tze.Vuyou be grievedH6087 →
וְאַל־ve.'al-and may notH408 →
יִ֙חַר֙yi.charit burnH2734 →
בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םbe.'Ei.nei.Khemin view yourH5869 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
מְכַרְתֶּ֥םme.khar.Temyou soldH4376 →
אֹתִ֖י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853 →
הֵ֑נָּהHe.nahhitherH2008 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
לְמִֽחְיָ֔הle.mich.Yahfor preservation of lifeH4241 →
שְׁלָחַ֥נִיshe.la.Cha.nihe sent meH7971 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃lif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440 →

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Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.Acts 7:9–15Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with himJob 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”Acts 2:23–24He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.Genesis 45:7–8God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.Psalms 105:16–17He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.Isaiah 40:1–2“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.Genesis 47:25“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”2 Samuel 16:10–12But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”Acts 4:24–28When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.2 Corinthians 2:11in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.2 Samuel 12:12You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.2 Corinthians 2:7So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.Genesis 49:24Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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