Genesis 45:7 Parallel Translations
NASB: "God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: God sent me ahead of you to make sure that you would have descendants on the earth and to save your lives in an amazing way.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
ASV: And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
BBE: God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.
DBY: So God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
ERV: And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
JPS: And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance.
WBS: And God sent me before you, to preserve for you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
WEB: God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
YLT: 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;
Genesis 45:7 Cross References
XREF:Genesis 45:5 "Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
MHC: 45:1-15 Joseph let Judah go on, and heard all he had to say. He found his brethren humbled for their sins, mindful of himself, for Judah had mentioned him twice in his speech, respectful to their father, and very tender of their brother Benjamin. Now they were ripe for the comfort he designed, by making himself known. Joseph ordered all his attendants to withdraw. Thus Christ makes himself and his loving-kindness known to his people, out of the sight and hearing of the world. Joseph shed tears of tenderness and strong affection, and with these threw off that austerity with which he had hitherto behaved toward his brethren. This represents the Divine compassion toward returning penitents. I am Joseph, your brother. This would humble them yet more for their sin in selling him, but would encourage them to hope for kind treatment. Thus, when Christ would convince Paul, he said, I am Jesus; and when he would comfort his disciples, he said, It is I, be not afraid. When Christ manifests himself to his people, he encourages them to draw near to him with a true heart. Joseph does so, and shows them, that whatever they thought to do against him, God had brought good out of it. Sinners must grieve and be angry with themselves for their sins, though God brings good out of it, for that is no thanks to them. The agreement between all this, and the case of a sinner, on Christ's manifesting himself to his soul, is very striking. He does not, on this account, think sin a less, but a greater evil; and yet he is so armed against despair, as even to rejoice in what God hath wrought, while he trembles in thinking of the dangers and destruction from which he has escaped. Joseph promises to take care of his father and all the family. It is the duty of children, if the necessity of their parents at any time require it, to support and supply them to the utmost of their ability; this is showing piety at home, 1Ti 5:4. After Joseph had embraced Benjamin, he caressed them all, and then his brethren talked with him freely of all the affairs of their father's house. After the tokens of true reconciliation with the Lord Jesus, sweet communion with him follows.
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