Genesis 45:5-8
King James Version
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3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.Select Genesis 45:3
4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.Select Genesis 45:4
5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.Select Genesis 45:5
6For 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.Select Genesis 45:6
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.Select Genesis 45:7
8So 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.Select Genesis 45:8
9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:Select Genesis 45:9
10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:Select Genesis 45:10
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WEB
45:5 Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
45:6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
45:7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
45:8 So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
ASV
45:5 And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
45:8 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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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