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Genesis 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.

KJV

Præmisitque me Deus ut reservemini super terram, et escas ad vivendum habere possitis.

Vulgate

ἀπέστειλεν γάρ με ὁ θεὸς ἔμπροσθεν ὑμῶν, ὑπολείπεσθαι ὑμῶν κατάλειμμα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκθρέψαι ὑμῶν κατάλειψιν μεγάλην.

LXX

And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלָחֵ֤/נִי אֱלֹהִים֙ לִ/פְנֵי/כֶ֔ם לָ/שׂ֥וּם לָ/כֶ֛ם שְׁאֵרִ֖ית בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ וּ/לְ/הַחֲי֣וֹת לָ/כֶ֔ם לִ/פְלֵיטָ֖ה גְּדֹלָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
פְלֵיטָ֖ה
plyth
noun · 28×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁאֵרִ֣ית
sh'ryt
noun · 66×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 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

  • Acts 7:35 — This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
  • Deut 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
  • Gen 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.
  • Job 5:20 — In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
  • John 19:11 — Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
  • Judg 15:18 — And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumci
  • Ps 18:50 — Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
  • Ps 44:4 — Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
  • Ps 105:17 — He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: