Genesis 50:20
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
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In Context
19Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
Cross References
Genesis 37:4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 45:5Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
Acts 3:26God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”
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 →