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.
KJV
Nolite pavere, neque vobis durum esse videatur quod vendidistis me in his regionibus : pro salute enim vestra misit me Deus ante vos in Ægyptum.
Vulgate
νῦν οὖν μὴ λυπεῖσθε μηδὲ σκληρὸν ὑμῖν φανήτω ὅτι ἀπέδοσθέ με ὧδε· εἰς γὰρ ζωὴν ἀπέστειλέν με ὁ θεὸς ἔμπροσθεν ὑμῶν.
LXX
And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
ASV
וְ/עַתָּ֣ה אַל תֵּעָ֣צְב֗וּ וְ/אַל יִ֨חַר֙ בְּ/עֵ֣ינֵי/כֶ֔ם כִּֽי מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖/י הֵ֑נָּה כִּ֣י לְ/מִֽחְיָ֔ה שְׁלָחַ֥/נִי אֱלֹהִ֖ים לִ/פְנֵי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Then Joseph could not refrain himself. Joseph's revelation of himself to his brethren is deeply moving, and illustrates the reconciling grace of God. His declaration that God sent him before them to preserve life shows a profound understanding of providence. In all the evil his brothers intended, God was working out his sovereign purpose. This is the clearest Old Testament illu…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 1:19 — And 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.
- 2Cor 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
- 2Cor 2:11 — Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- 2Sam 12:12 — For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
- 2Sam 16:10 — And 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?
- 2Sam 17:14 — And 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 inte
- 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:
- Acts 4:24 — And 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:
- Acts 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
- Acts 7:11 — Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
- Gen 45:7 — And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 49:24 — But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
- Gen 50:19 — And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Isa 40:1 — Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
- Job 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.
- Job 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.
- Luke 23:34 — Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
- Phlm 1:15 — For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
- Prov 28:2 — For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
- Ps 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.