¹⁵ Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever—

²⁰ You intended to harm me,^(A) but God intended^(B) it for good^(C) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.^(D)

⁵ And now, do not be distressed^(A) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,^(B) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.^{(C) 6} For two years now there has been famine^(D) in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. ⁷ But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant^(E) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.^[a](F)

⁸ “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.^(G) He made me father^(H) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.^(I)

⁶ In that day^(A) the people who live on this coast will say, ‘See what has happened^(B) to those we relied on,^(C) those we fled to for help^(D) and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?^(E)’”

²⁸ They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.^(A)