Verse 5

Nowe therefore be not greeued herewith, neither let it seeme a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye solde me hyther: for God did sende me before you to preserue lyfe.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 50:20 : 20 Ye thought euil against me, but God turned it vnto good, to bryng to passe as it is this day, and to saue muche people alyue.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 Wherfore God sent me before you, to preserue you a posteritie in the earth, and to saue your liues by a great deliueraunce. 8 So nowe, it was not ye that sent me hyther, but God whiche hath made me a father to Pharao, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the lande of Egypt.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde.
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande: and he made all maner of foode to fayle. 17 But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort my people O ye prophetes comfort my people, saith your God, 2 Comfort Hierusalem at the heart, and tell her, that her trauayle is at an ende, that her offence is pardoned, that she hath receaued at the Lordes hande sufficient correction for all her sinnes.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then said Iesus, Father forgeue the, for they wote not what they do. And they parted his rayment, & cast lottes.
  • Acts 2:23-24 : 23 Hym haue ye taken, by the handes of vnryghteous persons, after he was deliuered by the determinate councell and foreknowledge of God, and haue crucified and slayne hym. 24 Whom God hath raised vp, and loosed the sorowes of death, because it was vnpossible, that he shoulde be holden of it.
  • Acts 4:24-28 : 24 And when they hearde that, they lyft vp their voyces to God with one accorde, and sayde: Lorde, thou art God, which hast made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, 25 Which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid, hast sayde: Why dyd the Heathen rage, & the people imagine vayne thynges? 26 The kynges of the earth stoode vp, and the rulers came together, agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst his Christe. 27 And of a trueth, agaynst thy holye chylde Iesus, who thou hast anoynted, both Herode and also Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, gathered them selues together, 28 For to do whatsoeuer thy hande & thy counsel determined before to be done.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym, 10 And deliuered hym out of all his aduersities, and gaue hym fauour & wisedome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt: and he made hym gouernour ouer Egypt, & ouer all his housholde. 11 But there came a dearth ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan: and great affliction, that our fathers founde no sustenaunce. 12 But when Iacob hearde that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first. 13 And at the second time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephes kinrede was made knowen vnto Pharao. 14 Then sent Ioseph, and caused his father to be brought, and all his kynne, three score and fyfteene soules. 15 And Iacob descended into Egypt, and dyed, both he and our fathers,
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that nowe contrarywise, ye ought rather to forgeue hym, and comforte hym, lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 Lest Satan shoulde circumuent vs: For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs.
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 And they aunswered: Thou hast saued our lyues, let vs fynde grace in the syght of my lorde, and we wylbe Pharaos seruauntes.
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And they rose vp early, & worshipped before the Lorde, and then returned, & came to their house to Ramath: And when Elkana knewe Hanna his wyfe, the Lorde remembred her.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I wil do this thing before al Israel, and in the open sunne lyght.
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king sayde: What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia? for he curseth euen because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: Who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so? 11 And Dauid sayde to Abisai, and to all his seruautes, Behold, my sonne which came of myne owne bowels, seketh my lyfe: How much more then may this sonne of Iemini do it? Suffre him to curse, for the Lorde hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde: The counsel of Husai the Arachite, is better then the counsell of Ahithophel. For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom.