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.
Read in contextActs 7:9–15
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Read in contextJob 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextActs 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:
Read in contextPsalms 105:16–17
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Read in contextLuke 23:34
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Read in contextGenesis 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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