Genesis 45:5

World English Bible (2000)

Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. 8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. 17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 "Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. 2 "Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins."
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
  • Acts 2:23-24 : 23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed; 24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
  • Acts 4:24-28 : 24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them; 25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.' 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him, 10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time. 13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race was revealed to Pharaoh. 14 Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls. 15 Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 The king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David;' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'" 11 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, "Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him. 12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

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  • Gen 45:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

    4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:6-11
    6 verses
    85%

    6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

    7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

    8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

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

    11 There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

  • Gen 50:15-21
    7 verses
    80%

    15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him."

    16 They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,

    17 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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

    19 Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

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

    21 Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

  • Ps 105:17
    79%

    17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

    28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:17
    74%

    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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

    7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

  • Gen 44:15
    74%

    15 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

  • Acts 7:9
    74%

    9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

  • Gen 43:14
    74%

    14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

  • Gen 43:23
    72%

    23 He said, "Peace be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money." He brought Simeon out to them.

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 42:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

    15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

  • 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 dungeon."

  • Gen 45:20
    72%

    20 Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."

  • Gen 46:31
    72%

    31 Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

  • Gen 44:4
    72%

    4 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?

  • Gen 42:2
    72%

    2 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

  • Gen 45:24
    72%

    24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."

  • Gen 37:36
    72%

    36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.

  • Gen 46:28
    71%

    28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • Gen 44:18
    71%

    18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.