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;


In Context

4 And Joseph saith unto his brethren, 'Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, 'I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

5 and 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.

6 Because these two years the famine is in the heart of the land, and yet are five years, in which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

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

8 and now, ye — ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

9 'Haste, and go up unto my father, then ye have said to him, Thus said Joseph thy son, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, stay 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

45:7And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.

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 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.