Genesis 45:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ But now, do not be distressed and disheartened or vexed and angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Common English Bible

⁵ Now, don’t be upset and don’t be angry with yourselves that you sold me here. Actually, God sent me before you to save lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Do not be afraid, and let it not seem to you to be a hardship that you sold me into these regions. For God sent me before you into Egypt for your salvation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.

Genesis 45:5 Cross References

Genesis 37:28

And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Genesis 47:25

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Genesis 50:19

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

Genesis 50:20

And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

Genesis 50:21

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

2 Samuel 12:12

For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

Esther 4:14

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Job 1:21

and he said, Naked came : I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall : I return thither: The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Luke 23:34

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

2 Corinthians 2:11

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

2 Corinthians 2:7

so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

1 Samuel 1:19

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.