Genesis 50:19-21

God's Good Purposes

19 But Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for h am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but i God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people 1 should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; j I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 30:2
    Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
    2 Kings 5:7
    And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 45:5
    And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
    Genesis 45:7
    And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 45:11
    There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.
    Genesis 47:12
    And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.
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