English Standard Version
Genesis 45:7
7And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
Genesis 45:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- New International Version (NIV)But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.
Context of Genesis 45:7
5And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.
Read all of Genesis 45Genesis 45:7 word by word
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִים֙ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם לָשׂ֥וּם לָכֶ֛ם שְׁאֵרִ֖ית בָּאָ֑רֶץ וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת לָכֶ֔ם לִפְלֵיטָ֖ה גְּדֹלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- me before youפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- to preserveשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
- you a posterityשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
- in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and to save your livesחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- by a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- deliveranceפְּלֵיטָהpelêyţâh pelêţâh · survivorH6413
Cross-references for Genesis 45:7
- Judges 15:18And he was very thirsty, and he called upon the Lord and said, "You have granted this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and shall I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?"
- 1 Chronicles 11:14But he took his stand in the midst of the plot and defended it and killed the Philistines. And the Lord saved them by a great victory.
- Psalms 18:50Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
- Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!
- Acts 7:35"This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Commentaries on Genesis 45:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-28Verses 1-28 - Joseph Made Himself Known to His Brethren 10. גשׁן gôshen Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם geshem “rain, shower”), a region on the borders of Egypt and Arabia, near the gulf of Suez. The appeal of Judah is to Joseph irresistible. The repentance of his brothers, and their attachment to Benjamin, have been demonstrated in the most satisfactory manner. This is all that Joseph sought. It is evident, throughout the whole narrative…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8it was not you who sent me here, but God: This is the main message of Jacob's family story (37:2). As the Lord had told Abraham, he was bringing the Israelites into Egypt (15:13). God sent Joseph ahead to prepare a way to save his family during the famine. This is a clear statement about God’s sovereignty (his complete rule and control over all things). Joseph explained that God was at work through all events and human actions to carry out his plan…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281. Then Joseph could not refrain himself--The severity of the inflexible magistrate here gives way to the natural feelings of the man and the brother. However well he had disciplined his mind, he felt it impossible to resist the artless eloquence of Judah. He saw a satisfactory proof, in the return of all his brethren on such an occasion, that they were affectionately united to one another; he had heard enough to convince him that time, reflection, or…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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