4 And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, awhom you sold into Egypt.
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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for Genesis 45:6:
Famine {Forerunner Commentary}
Famine {Nave's Topical Bible}
Famine {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Land {Forerunner Commentary}
Land {Nave's Topical Bible}
Will {Forerunner Commentary}
Will {Nave's Topical Bible}
Years {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Plowing {Forerunner Commentary}
Other topical entries containing Genesis 45:6:
Forgiveness of Injuries {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Egypt {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Providence of God, The {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
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