7And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.


In Context

4 And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

5 Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.

6 For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

7 And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.

8 Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whold house, and governor in all the land of Egypt.

9 Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt: come down to me, linger not.

Genesis 45:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

45:7But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:7So God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:7And God sent me before you, to preserve for you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:7God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

45:7and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.