Genesis 45:7
Genesis 45:4-8 The Message (MSG)
“Come closer to me,” Joseph said to his brothers. They came closer. “I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt. But don’t feel badly, don’t blame yourselves for selling me. God was behind it. God sent me here ahead of you to save lives. There has been a famine in the land now for two years; the famine will continue for five more years—neither plowing nor harvesting. God sent me on ahead to pave the way and make sure there was a remnant in the land, to save your lives in an amazing act of deliverance. So you see, it wasn’t you who sent me here but God. He set me in place as a father to Pharaoh, put me in charge of his personal affairs, and made me ruler of all Egypt.
Genesis 45:7 King James Version (KJV)
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:7 New Century Version (NCV)
So God sent me here ahead of you to make sure you have some descendants left on earth and to keep you alive in an amazing way.
Genesis 45:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:7 New International Version (NIV)
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
God sent me [to Egypt] ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great escape.
Genesis 45:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.