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Genesis 50:18-20
New English Translation
Genesis 50:18-20
New English Translation
18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.” 19 But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am[a] I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant to harm me,[b] but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.[c]
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- Genesis 50:19 tn Heb “For am I.”
- Genesis 50:20 tn Heb “you devised against me evil.”
- Genesis 50:20 tn Heb “God devised it for good in order to do, like this day, to preserve alive a great nation.”
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