Genesis 45:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 45:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And now 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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 45

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!

⁵ 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.

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