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Genesis 45

Gen. 45:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now therefore be notc grieved
`atsab (Hebrew #6087)
properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
KJV usage: displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.
Pronounce: aw-tsab'
Origin: a primitive root
, μnor angry
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
with yourselves
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, that ye sold
makar (Hebrew #4376)
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV usage: X at all, sell (away, -er, self).
Pronounce: maw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
me hither: for God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
did send
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
med before you
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
to preserve life
michyah (Hebrew #4241)
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
KJV usage: preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
Pronounce: mikh-yaw'
Origin: from 2421
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2 Cor. 2:7• 7so that, on the contrary, ye should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such an one be swallowed up with excessive grief. (2 Cor. 2:7)
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neither let there be anger in your eyes.
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Gen. 50:20• 20{i}Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive.{/i} (Gen. 50:20)
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Psa. 105:16‑17• 16And he called a famine on the land;{HR}Every staff of bread he broke.
 17He sent a man before them;{HR}Joseph was sold for a slave. (Psa. 105:16‑17)

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be not grieved.
Isa. 40:1‑2• 1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
 2Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of toil is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; that she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins. (Isa. 40:1‑2)
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Luke 23:34• 34And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And, parting his garments, they cast lots. (Luke 23:34)
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2 Cor. 2:7,11• 7so that, on the contrary, ye should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such an one be swallowed up with excessive grief.
 11that we might not be overreached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his devices. (2 Cor. 2:7,11)
nor angry with yourselves.
Heb. neither let there be angerin your eyes.
God.
Gen. 45:7‑8• 7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
 8And now [it was] not you sent me here, but God; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt. (Gen. 45:7‑8)
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Gen. 47:25• 25{i}And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.{/i} (Gen. 47:25)
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Gen. 50:20• 20{i}Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as it is this day, to save a great people alive.{/i} (Gen. 50:20)
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1 Sam. 1:19• 19{i}And they rose up early in the morning and worshipped before Jehovah, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her.{/i} (1 Sam. 1:19)
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2 Sam. 12:12• 12Thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. (2 Sam. 12:12)
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2 Sam. 16:10‑12• 10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because Jehovah hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
 11{i}And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now a Benjaminite? let him alone and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.{/i}
 12{i}It may be that Jehovah will look on mine affliction, and that Jehovah will requite me good for my being cursed this day.{/i} (2 Sam. 16:10‑12)
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2 Sam. 17:14• 14{i}And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.{/i} (2 Sam. 17:14)
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Job 1:21• 21and said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. (Job 1:21)
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Psa. 105:16‑17• 16And he called a famine on the land;{HR}Every staff of bread he broke.
 17He sent a man before them;{HR}Joseph was sold for a slave. (Psa. 105:16‑17)
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Acts 2:23‑24• 23(him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by hand of lawless [men] did crucify and slay;
 24whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held fast by it. (Acts 2:23‑24)
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Acts 4:24‑28• 24And they on hearing [it] with one accord lifted up [their] voice unto God and said, Master, thou [art] he that made heaven and the earth, and the sea, and all that in them [is];
 25who by [the] Holy Spirit, [by the] mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did Gentiles rage and peoples meditate vain things?
 26The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed.
 27For of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered,
 28to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to come to pass. (Acts 4:24‑28)
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Acts 7:9‑15• 9And the patriarchs through jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
 10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
 11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
 12But Jacob, having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers first;
 13and at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
 14And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
 15And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers; (Acts 7:9‑15)
• He at once seeks to remove their terror by the words. (“Joseph: 23. Made Known to His Brethren” by W. Kelly)
• Thus he delivers his brethren from occupation with themselves by engaging their thoughts and affections with himself, his glories, and the blessings that flow to them through his exaltation. (“Reconciliation” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselvese, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "let it not be an occasion of anger in your eyes."

W. Kelly Translation

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And now be not grieved, and let it not be an occasion of anger in your eyes, that ye sold me hither; for God sent me before you to preserve life.