Genesis 50:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.
  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
  • Acts 3:13-15 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Son Jesus; whom you delivered, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you; 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; of which we are witnesses.
  • Gen 37:18-20 : 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes. 20 Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Ps 56:5 : 5 Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed:
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole support of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
  • Isa 10:7 : 7 Yet he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off not a few nations.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will restrain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 50:15-19
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    80%

    15And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly repay us all the evil that we did unto him.

    16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,

    17So shall you say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin, for they did unto you evil, and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke unto him.

    18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

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

  • Gen 50:21
    79%

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

  • Gen 45:4-5
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    79%

    4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

    5Now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

  • Gen 45:7-10
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    78%

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

    8So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

    9Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

    10And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

  • Gen 44:4-5
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    73%

    4And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?

    5Is this not the cup my lord drinks from, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in doing so.

  • Gen 44:15
    71%

    15And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Ps 105:17
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    17He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

  • Gen 31:29
    69%

    29It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

  • Ps 21:11
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    11For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Gen 37:18
    69%

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

  • Gen 42:18-20
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    69%

    18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

    19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

    20But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be proven true, and you shall not die. And they did so.

  • Acts 7:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

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

    10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 45:20
    69%

    20Also do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

  • Gen 39:5
    69%

    5And from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house and in the field.

  • Gen 40:14-15
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    68%

    14But remember me when it is well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

    15For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

  • Gen 37:20
    68%

    20Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

  • Gen 39:21-22
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    68%

    21But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

    22And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.

  • Gen 41:39
    68%

    39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

  • Gen 45:17
    68%

    17And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your animals and go, get to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 42:14
    67%

    14And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:

  • Gen 37:28
    67%

    28Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 39:2
    67%

    2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

  • Gen 47:25
    67%

    25And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

  • Gen 48:15
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    15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long unto this day,

  • Gen 48:21
    67%

    21And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 41:41
    67%

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

  • Gen 42:28
    67%

    28And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their hearts failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

  • Gen 42:6
    67%

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