Genesis 50:20

18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

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.

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

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

Compare

BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
ASV
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
DARBY
Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great people alive.
BLB
And you⁺—you⁺ intended evil against me, God intended it for good, in order to bring about a day like this, to keep alive many people.
ÅB
Dere tenkte ondt mot meg; men Gud tenkte det til det gode for å gjøre det han nå har gjort, og holde meget folk i live.
OTB
Dere hadde onde hensikter mot meg, men Gud brukte det til det gode, for å oppnå det som nå skjer, frelsen av mange liv.
B1930
I tenkte ondt mot mig; men Gud tenkte det til det gode for å gjøre det han nu har gjort, og holde meget folk i live.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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  • Psalms 119:71

    It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

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  • Genesis 45:5–8

    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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  • Genesis 37:18–20

    And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

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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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  • Acts 2:23

    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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  • Acts 3:13–15

    The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

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  • Genesis 37:4

    And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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