Genesis 45:5

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Summary

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Be not grieved

Isaiah 40:1

Luke 23:34

2 Corinthians 2:7

God

General references

Acts 7:11

Philemon 1:15

Bible References

Be not grieved

"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.

[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

God

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

They replied, "You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."

As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.'"

But the king said, "What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David!', who can say to him, 'Why have you done this?'"

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel." Now the Lord had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom.

He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

General references

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally,