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.

¹⁹ Joseph said to them, ^(A)“Do not be afraid, ^(B)for am I in the place of God? ^20 (C)But as for you, you meant evil against me; but ^(D)God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.