5And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.


In Context

2 And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh's household heard about it.

3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still living?" But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.

4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come close to me." When they had done so, he said, "I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt!

5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.

6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping.

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

Genesis 45:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:5Be 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

45:5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:5And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

45:5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

45:5Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

45:5and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

45:5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here: for God did send me before you to preserve life.