Genesis 45:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

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  • Judg 15:18 : 18 After this, he was in great need of water, and crying out to the Lord, he said, You have given this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and now need of water will be my death; and I will be given into the hands of this people who are without circumcision.
  • 1 Chr 11:14 : 14 And he took up his position in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack, and overcame the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great salvation.
  • Ps 18:50 : 50 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
  • Ps 44:4 : 4 You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.
  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.

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  • Gen 45:8-13
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    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

    10 The land of Goshen will be your living-place, and you will be near me; you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and herds and all you have:

    11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

    12 Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

    13 Give my father word of all my glory in Egypt and of all you have seen; and come back quickly with my father.

  • Gen 45:4-6
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    4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

    5 Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

    6 For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

  • Gen 50:19-21
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    19 And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

    20 As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

    21 So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

  • 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

  • Acts 7:9-10
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    9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

    10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • 3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Put your goods on your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan;

    18 And get your father and your families and come back to me: and I will give you all the good things of Egypt, and the fat of the land will be your food.

  • 28 Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

  • 14 So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

  • 36 And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

  • 39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

  • 25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

  • Gen 47:5-7
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    5 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them have the land of Goshen; and if there are any able men among them, put them over my cattle.

    6 And Jacob and his sons came to Joseph in Egypt, and when word of it came to the ears of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, he said to Joseph, Your father and brothers have come to you; all the land of Egypt is before you; let your father and your brothers have the best of the land for their resting-place.

    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • 2 And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

  • 31 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's people, I will go and give the news to Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's people, from the land of Canaan, have come to me;

  • 12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

  • 29 Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

  • 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

  • 5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

  • 15 But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

  • 15 And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

  • 15 For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

  • 21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • 21 And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.