Genesis 45:7
God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
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- Judg 15:18 : 18 He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, "You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?"
- 1 Chr 11:14 : 14 They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
- Ps 18:50 : 50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
- Ps 44:4 : 4 You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
- Acts 7:35 : 35 "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
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- Gen 45:8-136 verses87%
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."'
12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
13 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."
- Gen 45:4-63 verses85%
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.
5 Now don't 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 yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
- Gen 50:19-213 verses78%
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.
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17 He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
- Acts 7:9-102 verses76%
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.
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3 He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
- Gen 45:17-182 verses73%
17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
18 Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'
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28 He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
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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."
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36 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."
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39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.
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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."
- Gen 47:5-73 verses72%
5 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.
6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."
7 Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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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."
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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.
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12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
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29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
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41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."
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5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
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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.
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15 He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
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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."
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21 Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
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21 You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'