Genesis 45:5-7

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5} Now do not be grieved or angry ^(a)with yourselves, because ^(A)you sold me here, for ^(B)God sent me before you to preserve life. ^{Tools
6} For the famine has been in the land ^(C)these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. ^{Tools
7} ^(D)God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great ^(b)deliverance.

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 45:5: ['Lit ', in your eyes]

b. Genesis 45:7: ['Lit ', escaped company]

Cross references:

A. Genesis 45:5: Genesis 37:28

B. Genesis 45:5: Genesis 45:7; Genesis 45:8; Genesis 50:20; Psalm 105:17

C. Genesis 45:6: Genesis 37:2; Genesis 41:46; Genesis 41:53

D. Genesis 45:7: Genesis 45:5