Genesis 45:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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Referenced Verses

  • Judg 15:18 : 18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the LORD and said,“You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of these uncircumcised Philistines?”
  • 1 Chr 11:14 : 14 but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the LORD gave them a great victory.
  • Ps 18:50 : 50 He gives his king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and his descendants forever.”
  • Ps 44:4 : 4 You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob’s deliverance!
  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This same Moses they had rejected, saying,‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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  • Gen 45:8-13
    6 verses
    87%

    8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

    10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

    11I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’

    12You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you.

    13So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”

  • Gen 45:4-6
    3 verses
    85%

    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

    5Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

    6For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

  • Gen 50:19-21
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    78%

    19But Joseph answered them,“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

    20As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

    21So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

  • Ps 105:17
    76%

    17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

  • Acts 7:9-10
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    76%

    9The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

    10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

  • Gen 46:3
    74%

    3He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

  • Gen 45:17-18
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    73%

    17Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Say to your brothers,‘Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan!

    18Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.’

  • Gen 46:28
    73%

    28Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 43:14
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    14May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

  • Gen 41:36
    72%

    36This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine.”

  • Gen 41:39
    72%

    39So Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!

  • Gen 47:25
    72%

    25They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

  • Gen 47:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Your father and your brothers have come to you.

    6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

    7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 42:2
    72%

    2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”

  • Gen 46:31
    71%

    31Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father’s household,“I will go up and tell Pharaoh,‘My brothers and my father’s household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

  • Acts 7:12
    71%

    12So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

  • Gen 41:29
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    29Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:41
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    41“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

  • Gen 39:5
    71%

    5From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

  • Gen 42:15
    71%

    15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

  • Gen 48:15
    71%

    15Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

  • Gen 40:15
    71%

    15for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon.”

  • Gen 48:21
    71%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph,“I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 44:21
    71%

    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’