Genesis 45:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

Nowe therefore be not sad, neither grieued with your selues, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you for your preseruation.

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  • Gen 50:20 : 20 When ye thought euill against mee, God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe, as it is this day, and saue much people aliue.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, & to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance. 8 Now the you sent not me hither, but God, who hath made mee a father vnto Pharaoh, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 Moreouer, he called a famine vpon ye land, and vtterly brake the staffe of bread. 17 But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, will your God say. 2 Speake comfortably to Ierusalem, and crye vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for she hath receiued of the Lords hand double for all her sinnes.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then sayd Iesus, Father, forgiue them: for they know not what they doe; they parted his raiment, and cast lottes.
  • Acts 2:23-24 : 23 Him, I say, being deliuered by the determinate counsell, and foreknowledge of God, after you had taken, with wicked handes you haue crucified and slaine. 24 Whome God hath raised vp, and loosed the sorrowes of death, because it was vnpossible that he should be holden of it.
  • Acts 4:24-28 : 24 And when they heard it, they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou art the God which hast made the heaue, and the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, 25 Which by the mouth of thy seruant Dauid hast saide, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vaine things? 26 The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together, 28 To doe whatsoeuer thine hand, and thy counsell had determined before to be done.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 10 And deliuered him out of all his afflictions, and gaue him fauour and wisdome in the sight of Pharao King of Egypt, who made him gouernour ouer Egypt, and ouer his whole house. 11 Then came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first: 13 And at the second time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kindred was made knowen vnto Pharao. 14 Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kindred, euen threescore and fifteene soules. 15 So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that nowe contrariwise yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest the same shoulde bee swalowed vp with ouermuch heauinesse.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 Lest Satan should circumuent vs: for we are not ignorant of his enterprises.
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 Then they answered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 Then they rose vp early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. Nowe Elkanah knewe Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembred her.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 But the King saide, What haue I to doe with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah? for he curseth, eue because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so? 11 And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Lorde will looke on mine affliction, and doe me good for his cursing this day.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better, then the counsell of Ahithophel: for the Lorde had determined to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel, that the Lorde might bring euill vpon Absalom.

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  • Gen 45:3-4
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    3Then Ioseph sayde to his brethren, I am Ioseph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren coulde not answere him, for they were astonished at his presence.

    4Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:6-11
    6 verses
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    6For nowe two yeeres of famine haue bene through ye land, and fiue yeeres are behind, wherein neither shalbe earing nor haruest.

    7Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, & to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.

    8Now the you sent not me hither, but God, who hath made mee a father vnto Pharaoh, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

    9Haste you & go vp to my father, & tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not.

    10And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast.

    11Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 50:15-21
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    15And when Iosephs brethren saw that their father was dead, they sayde, It may be that Ioseph will hate vs, and will pay vs againe all the euill, which we did vnto him.

    16Therefore they sent vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

    17Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil; nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God; Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.

    18Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants.

    19To whome Ioseph sayde, Feare not: for am not I vnder God?

    20When ye thought euill against mee, God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe, as it is this day, and saue much people aliue.

    21Feare not nowe therefore, I will nourish you, and your children: and hee comforted them, and spake kindly vnto them.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.

  • Gen 37:27-28
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    27Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.

    28Then the Midianites marchant men passed by, and they drewe foorth, and lift Ioseph out of the pit, and solde Ioseph vnto the Ishmeelites for twentie pieces of siluer: who brought Ioseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 42:5-7
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    5And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan.

    6Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him.

    7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.

  • Gen 47:5
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    5Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee.

  • Gen 44:15
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    15Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?

  • Acts 7:9
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    9And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  • Gen 43:14
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    14And God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of the man, that hee may deliuer you your other brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of my childe, as I haue bene.

  • Gen 43:23
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    23And he said, Peace be vnto you, feare not: your God and the God of your father hath giuen you that treasure in your sackes, I had your money: and he brought forth Simeon to them.

  • Gen 45:1
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    1Then Ioseph coulde not refraine him selfe before all that stoode by him, but hee cryed, Haue forth euery man from me; there taryed not one with him, while Ioseph vttered himselfe vnto his brethren.

  • Gen 42:14-15
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    72%

    14Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

    15Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh, ye shal not goe hence, except your yongest brother come hither.

  • Gen 40:15
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    15For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon.

  • Gen 45:20
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    20Also regarde not your stuffe: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 46:31
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    31Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me,

  • Gen 44:4
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    4And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?

  • Gen 42:2
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    2And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die.

  • Gen 45:24
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    24So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayde vnto them, Fall not out by the way.

  • Gen 37:36
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    36And the Midianites solde him into Egypt vnto Potiphar an Eunuche of Pharaohs, and his chiefe stewarde.

  • Gen 46:28
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    28The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:18
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    18Then Iudah drewe neere vnto him, and sayde, O my Lord, let thy seruant nowe speake a worde in my lordes eares, and let not thy wrath be kindled against thy seruant: for thou art euen as Pharaoh.