Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: "What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Genesis 50:20 - Catholic Public Domain Version You devised evil against me. But God turned it into good, so that he might exalt me, just as you presently discern, and so that he might bring about the salvation of many peoples. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible You planned something bad for me, but God produced something good from it, in order to save the lives of many people, just as he’s doing today. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people. English Standard Version 2016 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. |
Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: "What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh." His brothers agreed to his words.
Then his brothers, seeing that he was loved by his father more than all his other sons, hated him, and they were not able to say anything peacefully to him.
And he has rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.
And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?
But he will not consider it to be so, and his heart will not suppose it to be this way. Instead, his heart will be set to crush and to exterminate more than a few nations.
This man, under the definitive plan and foreknowledge of God, was delivered by the hands of the unjust, afflicted, and put to death.
God raised up his Son and sent him first to you, to bless you, so that each one may turn himself away from his wickedness."
And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.