Genesis 45:5

3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

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

6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in 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.

Compare

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

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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  • Acts 7:9–15

    And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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  • Job 1:21

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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  • Genesis 45:7–8

    And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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  • Acts 2:23–24

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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  • Psalms 105:16–17

    Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

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  • Luke 23:34

    Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

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  • Genesis 47:25

    And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

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