Genesis 45:5 meaning and explanation
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
Genesis 45:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Joseph speaks these words to his brothers, who have just learned that the Egyptian official before them is the brother they sold into slavery some twenty years earlier. He tells them not to be grieved or angry with themselves, not because their act was harmless, but because God had been at work through it.
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