Genesis 45:7

Translations

Modern

God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Traditional

And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Literal

And God sent me before you to make for you a remnant in the earth, and to give life to you by a great deliverance.

Latin

Præmisitque me Deus ut reservemini super terram, et escas ad vivendum habere possitis.

Original

Hebrew

English

God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Notes

Genesis 45:5–8

it was not you who sent me here, but God: This is the main message of Jacob's family story (37:2). As the Lord had told Abraham, he was bringing the Israelites into Egypt (15:13). God sent Joseph ahead to prepare a way to save his family during the famine.

This is a clear statement about God’s sovereignty (his complete rule and control over all things). Joseph explained that God was at work through all events and human actions to carry out his plan.

Because God is in control, people can forgive and be restored to those who have hurt them. If people do not believe that God rules over all, they may blame others and try to get even. But those who trust God believe that he is at work, even through human evil (see also Romans 8:28–30).

Genesis 45:1–15

In one of the book's most dramatic scenes, Joseph told his brothers who he was. This brought the process of reconciling with them to a climax (see also 50:14–21).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Famine Symbolic Numbers

Events

Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

Related verses

Acts 7:35
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Psalm 44:4
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Psalm 18:50
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
Judges 15:18
And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
1 Chronicles 11:14
But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Remnant

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Joseph Afflictions Made Beneficial: Joseph Egypt: Israel in Joseph Makes Himself Known to his Brethren Forgiveness of Injuries: should be Accompanied by Kindness Forgiveness: Joseph Forgives his Brothers God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The God: The Mission of Joseph Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Faith Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Humility Judgments: Preservation During - Exemplified: Joseph Select Readings: Joseph Revealing his Identity The Providence of God is Exercised in Overruling Wicked Designs for Good

Genesis 45:7

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