Genesis 45:5

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³ Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!

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.

⁶ For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

⁷ God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
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.
DARBY: And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
BLB: And now, do not be grieved and let it not burn in your⁺ eyes that you⁺ sold me here, for to preserve life God sent me before you⁺.

ÅB: Men vær nå ikke bekymret og sørg ikke over at dere solgte meg hit! For å holde dere i live har Gud sendt meg hit i forveien for dere;
OTB: Nå må dere ikke være bedrøvet eller sinte på dere selv for at dere solgte meg hit, for Gud sendte meg foran dere for å bevare liv.
B1930: Men vær nu ikke bekymret og sørg ikke over at I solgte mig hit! For å holde eder i live har Gud sendt mig hit i forveien for eder;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 50:20
As 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.
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Acts 7:9–15
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
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Job 1:21
saying: “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.”
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Genesis 45:7–8
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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Acts 2:23–24
He 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.
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Psalms 105:16–17
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
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Luke 23:34
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
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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.”
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