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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Genesis 45:5
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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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.
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.
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.
Surrounding context — Genesis 45
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
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.
5 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.
8 So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀H6258 · at.tahnowאַל־H408 · alnotתֵּעָ֣צְב֗וּH6087 · a.tsavto hurtוְאַל־H408 · alnotיִ֙חַר֙H2734 · cha.rahto be incensedבְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔םH5869 · a.yineyeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforמְכַרְתֶּ֥םH4376 · ma.kharto sellאֹתִ֖יH853 · et[Obj.]הֵ֑נָּהH2008 · hen.nahhere/thusכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלְמִֽחְיָ֔הH4241 · mich.yahrecoveryשְׁלָחַ֥נִיH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃H6440 · pa.nehface: before
Cross-references
Genesis 50:20But 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.Acts 7:9-15And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,Genesis 45:7-8And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.Job 1:21And 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.Acts 2:23-24Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:Psalm 105:16-17Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.Luke 23:34Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.Genesis 47:25And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.Isaiah 40:1-2Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.2 Corinthians 2:7So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.2 Samuel 12:12For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.Acts 4:24-28And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:2 Samuel 16:10-12And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
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