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Genesis 45:5

“And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.”
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3Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

4Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!

5And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

7God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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