Genesis 50:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Rom 8:28 : 28 For we knowe yt all thinges worke for the best, vnto them that loue God, to them which also are called of purpose.
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.
  • Gen 45:5-8 : 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. 6 For this is the seconde yere of dearth in the lande, and fiue more are behinde, in the whiche there shall neyther be earyng nor haruest. 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.
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you first, God hath raysed vp his sonne Iesus, and hath sent hym to blesse you, in turnyng euery one of you from his iniquities.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren, they hated hym, and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym.
  • Acts 3:13-15 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Iacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus, whom ye betrayed and denyed in the presence of Pilate, when he had iudged hym to be loosed. 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust, and desired a murtherer to be geuen you, 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses.
  • Gen 37:18-20 : 18 And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym. 19 For one sayde to another: behold, this notable dreamer commeth. 20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.
  • Ps 56:5 : 5 My wordes dayly put me to sorow: all that they do imagine, is to do me euill.
  • Acts 2:23 : 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.
  • 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 10:7 : 7 Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart on this fashion: But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse: and the remnaunt of the fearcenesse thou wylt restrayne.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 50:15-19
    5 verses
    80%

    15And when Iosephes brethren sawe that their father was dead, they saide: Ioseph may peraduenture hate vs, & rewarde vs againe all the euyll whiche we dyd vnto hym.

    16And they dyd sende a message vnto Ioseph, saying: Thy father dyd commaunde before he dyed, saying:

    17This wyse shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgeue I pray thee the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euyll. And nowe we praye thee forgeue the trespasse of the seruauntes of the God of thy father. And Ioseph wept when they spake vnto hym.

    18Also his brethren came vnto hym, and fell flat before his face, saying: beholde, we be thy seruauntes.

    19To whom Ioseph sayde: Feare not, am I God?

  • Gen 50:21
    79%

    21Feare not therefore, nowe I wyll noryshe you and your chyldren. And he comforted them, and spake kyndly vnto them.

  • Gen 45:4-5
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    4And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren, come neare to me I pray you. And they came neare. And he said, I am Ioseph your brother who ye solde into Egypt.

    5Nowe 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.

  • Gen 45:7-10
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    78%

    7Wherfore God sent me before you, to preserue you a posteritie in the earth, and to saue your liues by a great deliueraunce.

    8So 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.

    9Haste you, and go vp to my father, and tell him: thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt, come downe therfore vnto me, tary not.

    10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gosen and be a neyghbour vnto me, thou, & thy chyldren, and thy chyldrens children, thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 44:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4And when they were out of the citie, and not yet farre away, Ioseph sayde vnto the ruler of his house: vp, and folowe after the men, & when thou doest ouertake them, thou shalt say vnto them: wherfore haue ye rewarded euyl for good?

    5Is not that the cuppe in the whiche my Lord drinketh? and for the which he consulteth with the propheciers? Ye haue euill done that ye haue done.

  • Gen 44:15
    71%

    15And Ioseph sayde vnto them: what deede is this that ye haue done? Wote ye not that suche a man as I do consult with propheciers?

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

    17But he had sent a man before them: euen Ioseph, who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29For it is in my hand through God to do you hurt: But the God of your father spake vnto me yesternight, saying: Take heede that thou speake not to Iacob ought saue good.

  • Ps 21:11
    69%

    11For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: but they coulde not bring it to passe.

  • Gen 37:18
    69%

    18And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym.

  • Gen 42:18-20
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    69%

    18And Ioseph said vnto them the thirde day: this do & liue, for I feare God.

    19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bonde in the house of your pryson: and go ye, carry corne to put away the famine from your housholde.

    20But bryng your youngest brother vnto me, and so shal your wordes be tryed true, and ye shall not dye: & they dyd so.

  • Acts 7:9-10
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    69%

    9And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,

    10And 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.

  • Gen 45:20
    69%

    20Also regarde not your stuffe, for the good of all the lande of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 39:5
    69%

    5And it came to passe from the tyme that he had made hym ouerseer of his house, and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephes sake: and the blessyng of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house and in the fielde.

  • Gen 40:14-15
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    68%

    14But thynke on me when thou art in good case, and shewe mercy I praye thee vnto me, and make mention of me to Pharao, & bring me out of this house:

    15For I was priuily by stealth taken away out of the lande of the Hebrewes: and here also haue I done nothyng at all wherfore they shoulde haue put me into this dungeon.

  • Gen 37:20
    68%

    20Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.

  • Gen 39:21-22
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    68%

    21But the Lord was with Ioseph, and shewed hym mercie, and got hym fauour in the sight of the lord of the prison.

    22And the keper of the prison committed to Iosephes hande all the prisoners that were in the prison house, and what so euer was done there, that dyd he.

  • Gen 41:39
    68%

    39And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee.

  • Gen 45:17
    68%

    17And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: say vnto thy brethren, this do ye: lade your beastes, and go and returne vnto the lande of Chanaan:

  • Gen 42:14
    67%

    14And Ioseph saide vnto them: that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd, ye are spyes.

  • Gen 37:28
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    28Then as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by, they drewe and lyft Ioseph out of the pit, and solde him vnto the Ismaelites for twentie peeces of syluer. And they brought Ioseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 39:2
    67%

    2And God was with Ioseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian.

  • Gen 47:25
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    25And they aunswered: Thou hast saued our lyues, let vs fynde grace in the syght of my lorde, and we wylbe Pharaos seruauntes.

  • Gen 48:15
    67%

    15And he blessed Ioseph, and sayde: God in whose syght my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day,

  • Gen 48:21
    67%

    21And Israel said vnto Ioseph: behold I dye, & God shalbe with you, & bryng you againe vnto ye land of your fathers.

  • Gen 41:41
    67%

    41And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue set thee ouer all the lande of Egypt.

  • Gen 42:28
    67%

    28And he said vnto his brethren, my money is restored me agayne, for lo, it is euen in my sacke. And their heart fayled them, and they were astonyed, and sayd one to another, why hath God dealt thus with vs?

  • Gen 42:6
    67%

    6And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him.