Genesis 45:5

New Living Translation

But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.

Cross References

Genesis 37:28

So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.

Genesis 47:25

“You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed. “May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh’s servants.”

Genesis 50:19

But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you?

Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.

Genesis 50:21

No, don’t be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.

2 Samuel 12:12

You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “Hushai’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s.” For the Lord had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!

Esther 4:14

If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

Job 1:21

He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away. Praise the name of the Lord!”

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.

2 Corinthians 2:11

so that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.

2 Corinthians 2:7

Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement.

Philemon 1:15

It seems you lost Onesimus for a little while so that you could have him back forever.

1 Samuel 1:19

The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the Lord once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the Lord remembered her plea,