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Genesis 45:7
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7 God sent me[a] ahead of you to preserve you[b] on the earth and to save your lives[c] by a great deliverance.

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  1. Genesis 45:7 sn God sent me. The repetition of this theme that God sent Joseph is reminiscent of commission narratives in which the leader could announce that God sent him (e.g., Exod 3:15).
  2. Genesis 45:7 tn Heb “to make you a remnant.” The verb, followed here by the preposition ל (lamed), means “to make.”
  3. Genesis 45:7 tn The infinitive gives a second purpose for God’s action.
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Genesis 45:7
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7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant(A) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a](B)

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  1. Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
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Genesis 45:7
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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.

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  1. Genesis 45:7 remnant
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Genesis 45:7
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7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

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Genesis 45:7
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7 But God sent me to come here before you. Because of that, your family would stay alive. God would do a great thing to save you and your descendants.

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