But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be on him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.
And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
Every day they twist my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Surely the anger of man shall praise you: the remaining anger shall you restrain.
However he does not so intend, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Him, being delivered by the determining decision and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.