Genesis 45:5

Do not be grieved or angry with yourselves that you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

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In The 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.

In Context

4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

6For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

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Cross References

Genesis 47:25They said, “You have saved our lives. May we find favor in your eyes. We will be Pharaoh's servants.”

Genesis 50:20As for you, you meant to harm me, but God meant it for good, to preserve the lives of many people, as you see today.

1 Samuel 1:19They rose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh, and then they returned again to their house in Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and Yahweh called her to mind.

2 Samuel 16:10But the king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? Perhaps he is cursing me because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David.' Who then could say to him, 'Why are you cursing the king?'”

Esther 4:14If you remain silent at this time, relief and rescue will rise up for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows whether you have come to this royal position for such a time as this?”

Psalms 105:16He called for a famine on the land; 1 he cut off the whole supply of bread. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:2-16

Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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