Genesis 45:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.(A) 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. 7 God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.[a]
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- Genesis 45:7 Or keep alive for you many survivors
Genesis 45:5-7
King James Version
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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Genesis 45:5-7
New King James Version
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. 6 For these two years the (B)famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7 And God (C)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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- Genesis 45:7 remnant
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