Genesis 45:7 — Bible Verse (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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 45:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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Genesis 45:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.”

Genesis 45:7 — World English Bible

Genesis 45:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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 — American Standard Version

Genesis 45:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;”

Genesis 45:7 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 45:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“SoGod sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. ”

Genesis 45:7 — Darby Translation

Genesis 45:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, and to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance.”

Genesis 45:7 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 45:7 in Context — Genesis 45

5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

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

8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

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What Does Genesis 45:7 Mean?

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