5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; afor God sent me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years the afamine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
7 And God asent me before you to preserve a1 posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but aGod; and He has made me ba father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a cruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not1 tarry.
10 aYou shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds, and all that you have.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Genesis 45:7.
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