Genesis 45:7

New American Bible - revised edition

God, therefore, sent me on ahead of you to ensure for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives in an extraordinary deliverance.

Cross References

Genesis 45:5

But now do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you.

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided food for his father and brothers and his father’s whole household, down to the youngest. Joseph’s Land Policy.

Genesis 50:20

Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve this present end, the survival of many people.

1 Chronicles 11:14

but he took his stand in the middle of the plot, kept it safe, and cut down the Philistines. Thus the Lord brought about a great victory.

Psalm 18:50

Thus I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to your name.

Psalm 44:4

Not with their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arms bring victory; It was your right hand, your own arm, the light of your face for you favored them.

Acts 7:35

This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge?’ God sent as [both] ruler and deliverer, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Judges 15:18

Being very thirsty, he cried to the Lord and said, “You have put this great victory into the hand of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”