So (A)God sent me ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on the earth, and to [a]keep you alive by a great deliverance. Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a (B)father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 45:7 As in MT; another reading (cf. LXX) keep alive for you a great remnant

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

20 As for you, (A)you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about [a]this present result, to keep many people alive.

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  1. Genesis 50:20 Lit as this day

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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17 He (A)sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was (B)sold as a slave.

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

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