Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come [a]closer to me.” And they came [b]closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you (A)sold to Egypt. Now do not be grieved or angry [c]with yourselves because (B)you sold me here, for (C)God sent me ahead of you [d]to save lives.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 45:4 Lit near
  2. Genesis 45:4 Lit near
  3. Genesis 45:5 Lit in your eyes
  4. Genesis 45:5 Lit for preservation of life

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.”(A) When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!(B) And now, do not be distressed(C) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,(D) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.(E)

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And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

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17 He (A)sent a man before them,
Joseph, who was (B)sold as a slave.

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17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.(A)

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17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

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“The patriarchs (A)became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

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“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(A) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(B) But God was with him(C)

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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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