²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those ^(A)who are the called according to His purpose.

⁴ And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, ^(A)whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; ^(B)for God sent me before you to preserve life.

⁷ And God ^(A)sent me before you to preserve a ^[a]posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. ⁸ So now it was not you who sent me here, but ^(B)God; and He has made me ^(C)a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ^(D)ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.