Genesis 45:5-9
New American Standard Bible
5 Now do not be grieved or angry [a]with yourselves because (A)you sold me here, for (B)God sent me ahead of you [b]to save lives. 6 For the famine has been in the land (C)these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 So (D)God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to [c]keep you alive by a great deliverance. 8 Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a (E)father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father, and (F)say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.
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- Genesis 45:5 Lit in your eyes
- Genesis 45:5 Lit for preservation of life
- Genesis 45:7 As in MT; another reading (cf. LXX) keep alive for you a great remnant
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