Genesis 45:5

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

Genesis 45:7-8

7And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and bruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 50:20

20As for you, you meant evil against me, but cGod meant it for good, to bring it about that many people
Or a numerous people
should be kept alive, as they are today.

Exodus 9:16

16 eBut for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so fthat my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

2 Samuel 12:12

12For you did it secretly, gbut I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’”

1 Kings 12:24

24Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, hfor this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and went home again, according to the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 25:20

20But Amaziah would not listen, for it was of God, in order that he might give them into the hand of their enemies, ibecause they had sought the gods of Edom.
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