Genesis 45:5
World English Bible (WEB)
Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
In context
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
4 Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
5 Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest.
7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
- KJV King James Version
- Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God sent me before you to preserve life.