Genesis 45:7

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֱלֹהִים לִפְנֵיכֶם לָשׂוּם לָכֶם שְׁאֵרִית בָּאָרֶץ וּלְהַחֲיוֹת לָכֶם לִפְלֵיטָה גְּדֹלָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

In Context

6כִּי ־ זֶה שְׁנָתַיִם הָרָעָב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ וְעוֹד חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין ־ חָרִישׁ וְקָצִּֽיר ׃

8וְעַתָּה לֹֽא ־ אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי הֵנָּה כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים וַיְשִׂימֵנִֽי לְאָב לְפַרְעֹה וּלְאָדוֹן לְכָל ־ בֵּיתוֹ וּמֹשֵׁל בְּכָל ־ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם ׃

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Cross References

Judges 15:18וַיִּצְמָא מְאֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל ־ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר אַתָּה נָתַתָּ בְיַֽד ־ עַבְדְּךָ אֶת ־ הַתְּשׁוּעָה הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת וְעַתָּה אָמוּת בַּצָּמָא וְנָפַלְתִּי בְּיַד הָעֲרֵלִֽים ׃

Psalms 18:50עַל ־ כֵּן ׀ אוֹדְךָ בַגּוֹיִם ׀ יְהוָה וּלְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּֽרָה ׃ מגדל יְשׁוּעוֹת מַלְכּוֹ וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד ׀ לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ עַד ־ עוֹלָֽם ׃

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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