Genesis 50:20
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But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
In other translations
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
Hebrew words
וְאַתֶּםve'atemand youH859חֲשַׁבְתֶּםchashavtemyou plannedH2803עָלַי'alaion meH5921רָעָהra'ahharmH7451אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430חֲשָׁבָהּchashavahhe planned itH2803לְטֹבָהletovahfor goodH2896לְמַעַןlema'anso asH4616עֲשֹׂה'asohto actH6213כַּיּוֹםkaiyomas the dayH3117הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לְהַחֲיֹתlehachayotto preserve aliveH2421עַם־'am-a peopleH5971רָב׃ravnumerousH7227
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Psalm 105:16-1716 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. 17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- Acts 3:13-1513 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. 14 You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. 15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
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