Genesis 50:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
  • Gen 45:5-8 : 5 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. 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; 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.
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak `to' him peaceably.
  • Acts 3:13-15 : 13 `The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify His child Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, he having given judgment to release `him', 14 and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you, 15 and the Prince of the life ye did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;
  • Gen 37:18-20 : 18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. 19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; 20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'
  • Ps 56:5 : 5 All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts `are' for evil,
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay;
  • 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 10:7 : 7 And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy `is' in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 For the fierceness of man praiseth Thee, The remnant of fierceness Thou girdest on.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 50:15-19
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    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?

  • Gen 50:21
    79%

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

  • Gen 45:4-5
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    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;

    5and 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.

  • Gen 45:7-10
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    78%

    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,

  • Gen 44:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    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?

    5Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil `in' that which ye have done.'

  • Gen 44:15
    71%

    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?'

  • Ps 105:17
    70%

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

  • Gen 31:29
    69%

    29my hand is to God to do evil with you, but the God of your father yesternight hath spoken unto me, saying, Take heed to thyself from speaking with Jacob from good unto evil.

  • Ps 21:11
    69%

    11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

  • Gen 37:18
    69%

    18And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

  • Gen 42:18-20
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    69%

    18And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!

    19if ye `are' right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn `for' the famine of your houses,

    20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

  • Acts 7:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

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

    10and 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.

  • Gen 45:20
    69%

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

  • Gen 39:5
    69%

    5And it cometh to pass from the time that he hath appointed him over his house, and over all that he hath, that Jehovah blesseth the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of Jehovah is on all that he hath, in the house, and in the field;

  • Gen 40:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14`Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from this house,

    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 37:20
    68%

    20and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

  • Gen 39:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21And Jehovah is with Joseph, and stretcheth out kindness unto him, and putteth his grace in the eyes of the chief of the round-house;

    22and the chief of the round-house giveth into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who `are' in the round-house, and of all that they are doing there, he hath been doer;

  • Gen 41:39
    68%

    39and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;

  • Gen 45:17
    68%

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

  • Gen 42:14
    67%

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

  • Gen 37:28
    67%

    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 39:2
    67%

    2And Jehovah is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian,

  • Gen 47:25
    67%

    25And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'

  • Gen 48:15
    67%

    15And he blesseth Joseph, and saith, `God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked habitually: God who is feeding me from my being unto this day:

  • Gen 48:21
    67%

    21And Israel saith unto Joseph, `Lo, I am dying, and God hath been with you, and hath brought you back unto the land of your fathers;

  • Gen 41:41
    67%

    41And Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `See, I have put thee over all the land of Egypt.'

  • Gen 42:28
    67%

    28and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What `is' this God hath done to us!'

  • Gen 42:6
    67%

    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.