Genesis 45:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

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  • Gen 50:20 : 20 As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as `at' this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape; 8 and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'
  • Ps 105:16-17 : 16 And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken. 17 He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.
  • Isa 40:1-2 : 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God. 2 Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, That her warfare hath been completed, That accepted hath been her punishment, That she hath received from the hand of Jehovah Double for all her sins.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.
  • Acts 2:23-24 : 23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay; 24 whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,
  • Acts 4:24-28 : 24 and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, `Lord, thou `art' God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that `are' in them, 25 who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate 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 gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel did determine before to come to pass.
  • Acts 7:9-9 : 9 and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him, 10 and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 `And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance, 12 and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time; 13 and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh, 14 and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls -- 15 and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,
  • 2 Cor 2:7 : 7 so that, on the contrary, `it is' rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'
  • 1 Sam 1:19 : 19 And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before Jehovah, and turn back, and come in unto their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knoweth Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembereth her;
  • 2 Sam 12:12 : 12 for thou hast done `it' in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'
  • 2 Sam 16:10-12 : 10 And the king saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for -- let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?' 11 And David saith unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, `Lo, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for Jehovah hath said `so' to him; 12 it may be Jehovah doth look on mine affliction, and Jehovah hath turned back to me good for his reviling this day.'
  • 2 Sam 17:14 : 14 And Absalom saith -- and all the men of Israel -- `Better `is' the counsel of Hushai the Archite than the counsel of Ahithophel;' and Jehovah willed to make void the good counsel of Ahithophel for the sake of Jehovah's bringing unto Absalom the evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 45:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `I `am' Joseph, is my father yet alive?' and his brethren have not been able to answer him, for they have been troubled at his presence.

    4And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I `am' Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

  • Gen 45:6-11
    6 verses
    85%

    6`Because these two years the famine `is' in the heart of the land, and yet `are' five years, `in' which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

    7and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

    8and now, ye -- ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    9`Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay not,

    10and thou hast dwelt in the land of Goshen, and been near unto me, thou and thy sons, and thy son's sons, and thy flock, and thy herd, and all that thou hast,

    11and I have nourished thee there -- for yet `are' five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

  • Gen 50:15-21
    7 verses
    80%

    15And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

    16And they give a charge for Joseph, saying, `Thy father commanded before his death, saying,

    17Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

    18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, `Lo, we `are' to thee for servants.'

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

    20As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as `at' this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

    21and now, fear not: I do nourish you and your infants;' and he comforteth them, and speaketh unto their heart.

  • Ps 105:17
    79%

    17He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he `is' our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

    28And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 45:17
    74%

    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

  • Gen 42:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

    6and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

    7And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

  • Gen 47:5
    74%

    5And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph, saying, `Thy father and thy brethren have come unto thee:

  • Gen 44:15
    74%

    15and Joseph saith to them, `What `is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

  • Acts 7:9
    74%

    9and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

  • Gen 43:14
    74%

    14and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

  • Gen 43:23
    72%

    23And he saith, `Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;' and he bringeth out Simeon unto them.

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    1And Joseph hath not been able to refrain himself before all those standing by him, and he calleth, `Put out every man from me;' and no man hath stood with him when Joseph maketh himself known unto his brethren,

  • Gen 42:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

    15by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

  • Gen 40:15
    72%

    15for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they have put me in the pit.'

  • Gen 45:20
    72%

    20and your eye hath no pity on your vessels, for the good of all the land of Egypt `is' yours.'

  • Gen 46:31
    72%

    31And Joseph saith unto his brethren, and unto the house of his father, `I go up, and declare to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and the house of my father who `are' in the land of Canaan have come in unto me;

  • Gen 44:4
    72%

    4they have gone out of the city -- they have not gone far off -- and Joseph hath said to him who `is' over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

  • Gen 42:2
    72%

    2he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

  • Gen 45:24
    72%

    24And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.'

  • Gen 37:36
    72%

    36And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

  • Gen 46:28
    71%

    28And Judah he hath sent before him unto Joseph, to direct before him to Goshen, and they come into the land of Goshen;

  • Gen 44:18
    71%

    18And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.