⁵ But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; ^(A)for God sent me before you to preserve life.

^20 (A)But as for you, you meant evil against me; but ^(B)God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

²³ Him, ^(A)being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, ^(B)you ^[a]have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; ^24 (C)whom God raised up, having ^[b]loosed the ^[c]pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

²¹ And he said:

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.

The Patriarchs in Egypt

^9 (A)“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, ^(B)sold Joseph into Egypt. ^(C)But God was with him ¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his troubles, ^(D)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. ^11 (E)Now a famine and great ^[a]trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. ^12 (F)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. ¹³ And the ^(G)second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. ^14 (H)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and ^(I)all his relatives to him, ^[b]seventy-five people. ^15 (J)So Jacob went down to Egypt; ^(K)and he died, he and our fathers.

^34 [a]Then Jesus said, “Father, ^(A)forgive them, for ^(B)they do not know what they do.”

And ^(C)they divided His garments and cast lots.

God’s People Are Comforted^(A)