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.
Read in contextPsalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 37:18–20
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Read in contextPsalms 105:16–17
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Read in contextActs 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in contextGenesis 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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