Gen 45:5, 1Ki 12:15 | ESV | STEP | And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here , for God sent me before you to preserve life .

Genesis 45:5

5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, ^afor God sent me before you to preserve life.

1 Kings 12:15

15 So the king did not listen to the people, for ^bit was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, which ^cthe Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.