KJV ORIGINAL
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
God sent me ahead of you to make sure your family line continues on the earth, and to save your lives through a great rescue.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Joseph is telling his brothers that God used even their betrayal of him to position him where he could save their entire family from famine.
📚 Historical Context
Joseph is speaking to his brothers who had sold him into slavery years earlier, but he had risen to become second-in-command in Egypt. A severe famine was affecting the known world, but Egypt had prepared for it under Joseph's leadership. Joseph's family from Canaan had come to Egypt seeking food, not knowing Joseph was alive and in power.
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