And now don’t be grieved or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.(A) For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.[a]

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  1. 45:7 Or keep alive for you many survivors

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