New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 45:4-7

4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come 1closer to me.” And they came 2closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you 3sold into Egypt.

5Now do not be grieved or angry 4with yourselves, because 5you sold me here, for 6God sent me before you to preserve life.

6For the famine has been in the land 7these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

7 8God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great 9deliverance.

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Notes

1. Genesis 45:4 Lit near ↩
2. Genesis 45:4 Lit near ↩
3. Genesis 45:4 Gen 37:28 ↩
4. Genesis 45:5 Lit in your eyes ↩
5. Genesis 45:5 Gen 37:28 ↩
6. Genesis 45:5 Gen 45:7, 8; 50:20; Ps 105:17 ↩
7. Genesis 45:6 Gen 37:2; 41:46, 53 ↩
8. Genesis 45:7 Gen 45:5 ↩
9. Genesis 45:7 Lit escaped company ↩

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