Gen 45:6-8, 50:20, Pro 11:26-27 | ESV | STEP | For the famine has been in the land these two years , and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest .

Genesis 45:6-8

6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are ^ayet five years in which there will be neither ^bplowing 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. 8 So 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 ^cruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 50:20

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

Proverbs 11:26-27

26 ^fThe people curse him who holds back grain,
but ^ga blessing is on the head of him who ^hsells it.
27 Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, ^{▼▼Or acceptance}
but evil comes to ^jhim who searches for it.