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] Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 45:7 Or keep alive for you many survivors

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)

“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.(C) He made me father(D) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.(E)

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

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

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20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.(A)

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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)

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20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

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17 He had sent a man ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.(A)

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17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(A)

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17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

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