Genesis 45:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

And now don’t be grieved or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result #– #the survival of many people.

Job 1:21

saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life.  , The Lord gives, and the  Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the  Lord.

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, “Father,   forgive   them, because they do not know what they are doing.”   , And they divided his clothes and cast lots.

Genesis 47:25

‘You have saved our lives,’ they said. ‘We have found favour with our lord and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.’

2 Corinthians 2:11

so that we may not be taken advantage  of by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his schemes.

2 Corinthians 2:7

As a result, you should instead forgive  and comfort him. Otherwise, he may be overwhelmed by excessive grief.

2 Samuel 17:14

Since the Lord had decreed  that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined  in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, ‘The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.’

2 Samuel 12:12

You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.” ’

1 Samuel 1:19

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterwards, they returned home to Ramah.  Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

Genesis 37:28

When Midianite  traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 50:19

But Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

Genesis 50:21

Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your children.’  And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

Esther 4:14

If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place,  but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.’