Genesis 50:20

As for you, you devised evil against me, [but] God devised it for good, in order to do as [at] this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19And Joseph says to them, “Do not fear, for [am] I in the place of God?

21and now, do not fear: I nourish you and your infants”; and he comforts them, and speaks to their heart.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:4and his brothers see that their father has loved him more than any of his brothers, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.

Genesis 45:5and now, do not be grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that you sold me here, for God has sent me before you to preserve life.

Psalms 76:10For the fierceness of man praises You, || You gird on the remnant of fierceness.

Psalms 119:71[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, || That I might learn Your statutes.

Acts 2:23this One, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having been taken by lawless hands, having been crucified—you slew,

Acts 3:26to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, sent Him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:16-22

Joseph Comforts His Brethren. ( b. c. 1689.) 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God… Read the whole commentary →

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