¹⁸ His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him.^(A) “We are your slaves,”^(B) they said.

¹⁹ But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?^{(C) 20} You intended to harm me,^(D) but God intended^(E) it for good^(F) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.^(G)