Verse 20

Genesis 50:20

New Living Translation

20 You intended to harm me, but God (Elohim) intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אַתֶּ֕ם חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖/י רָעָ֑ה אֱלֹהִים֙ חֲשָׁבָ֣/הּ לְ/טֹבָ֔ה לְמַ֗עַן עֲשֹׂ֛ה כַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּ֖ה לְ/הַחֲיֹ֥ת עַם רָֽב

English Translation

And you thought evil against me; God intended it for good in order to do as it is this day, to keep a numerous people alive.

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Chapter 50 Context

1 Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. Focus ↗

2 Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob was embalmed. Focus ↗

3 The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy day... Focus ↗

4 When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh’s advisers and said, “Please do me t... Focus ↗

5 Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my bo... Focus ↗

6 Pharaoh agreed to Joseph’s request. “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise,” he said. Focus ↗

7 So Joseph went up to bury his father. He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh’s officials, all the seni... Focus ↗

8 Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households. But they left their lit... Focus ↗

9 A great number of chariots and charioteers accompanied Joseph. Focus ↗

10 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and... Focus ↗

11 The local residents, the Canaanites, watched them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. Then they... Focus ↗

12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them. Focus ↗

13 They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, ne... Focus ↗

14 After burying Jacob, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to h... Focus ↗

15 But now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers became fearful. “Now Joseph will show his ange... Focus ↗

16 So they sent this message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he instructed us Focus ↗

17 to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you — for their sin in... Focus ↗

18 Then his brothers came and threw themselves down before Joseph. “Look, we are your slaves!” they sai... Focus ↗

19 But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me. Am I God (Elohim), that I can punish you? Focus ↗

20 You intended to harm me, but God (Elohim) intended it all for good. He brought me to this position s...

21 No, don’t be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by... Focus ↗

22 So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of... Focus ↗

23 He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth o... Focus ↗

24 “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God (Elohim) will surely come to help you and lead... Focus ↗

25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God (Elohim) comes to help you... Focus ↗

26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in... Focus ↗

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