Genesis 45:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

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  • Gen 50:20 : 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
  • Acts 2:23-24 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • Acts 4:24-28 : 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one cord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Job heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. 14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Job to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 15 So Job went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

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  • Gen 45:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    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 brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:6-11
    6 verses
    85%

    6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

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

    8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

    9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

    10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

    11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

  • Gen 50:15-21
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    15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

    16 And they sent a messenr unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

    17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

    18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

    19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

    20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

    21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

  • Ps 105:17
    79%

    17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

    28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:17
    74%

    17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, t you unto the land of Canaan;

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

    6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

    7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself stran unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

  • Gen 44:15
    74%

    15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Acts 7:9
    74%

    9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  • Gen 43:14
    74%

    14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Gen 43:23
    72%

    23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 42:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

    15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your younst brother come hither.

  • Gen 40:15
    72%

    15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dunon.

  • Gen 45:20
    72%

    20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 46:31
    72%

    31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

  • Gen 44:4
    72%

    4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

  • Gen 42:2
    72%

    2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: t you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

  • Gen 45:24
    72%

    24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

  • Gen 37:36
    72%

    36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

  • Gen 46:28
    71%

    28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:18
    71%

    18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anr burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

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