Genesis 45
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Genesis 45:5-9

5And nowH6258 be not grieved, nor angryH2734 with yourselves, that ye soldH4376 me hither: for GodH430 did sendH7971 me before you to preserve life.

6For these two yearsH8141 hath the famineH7458 been in the landH776: and there are yetH5750 fiveH2568 yearsH8141, in which there shall be neither plowingH2758 nor harvestH7105.

7And GodH430 sentH7971 me before you to preserve you a remnantH7611 in the earthH776, and to save you aliveH2421 by a greatH1419 deliveranceH6413.

8So nowH6258 it was not you that sentH7971 me hither, but GodH430: and he hath madeH7760 me a fatherH1 to PharaohH6547, and lordH113 of all his houseH1004, and rulerH4910 over all the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

9HasteH4116 ye, and goH5927 up to my fatherH1, and sayH559 unto him, ThusH3541 saith thy sonH1121 JosephH3130, GodH430 hath madeH7760 me lordH113 of all EgyptH4714: comeH5927 down unto me, tarry not;

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