Genesis 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.
KJV
Vos cogitastis de me malum : sed Deus vertit illud in bonum, ut exaltaret me, sicut in præsentiarum cernitis, et salvos faceret multos populos.
Vulgate
ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρά, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθά, ὅπως ἂν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον, ἵνα τραφῇ λαὸς πολύς.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/אַתֶּ֕ם חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖/י רָעָ֑ה אֱלֹהִים֙ חֲשָׁבָ֣/הּ לְ/טֹבָ֔ה לְמַ֗עַן עֲשֹׂ֛ה כַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֖ה לְ/הַחֲיֹ֥ת עַם רָֽב
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§312In time we can discover that God in his almighty providence can bring a good from the consequences of an evil, even a moral evil, caused by his creatures: "It was not you", said Joseph to his brothers, "who sent me here, but God. . . You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive."178 From the greatest moral evil ev…
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
- 2Chr 11:4 — Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going ag
- 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 24:1 — And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
- 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 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 3:13 — 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
- Acts 3:26 — Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
- Acts 4:28 — For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
- Amos 3:6 — Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
- Gen 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.
- Gen 37:18 — And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isa 10:7 — Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
- Isa 10:7 — Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
- Isa 37:26 — Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
- Phlm 1:15 — For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
- Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
- Ps 56:5 — Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Ps 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
- Ps 76:10 — Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
- Ps 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- Ps 105:17 — He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
- Ps 119:71 — It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Rom 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.
- Rom 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.
- Rom 9:19 — Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?