NET Bible
"Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!"
— Genesis 45:5, NET Bible
“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.”
“And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. ”
“Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.”
“Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.”
“Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.”
“Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.”
He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
Joseph said to his brothers,“I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him.
Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!
For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.