Gen 45:5-7 | 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 .

c Ex. 34:21; Deut. 21:4; 1 Sam. 8:12; [Isa. 30:24]

Genesis 45:5-7

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. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are ^byet five years in which there will be neither ^cplowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.