Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Genesis 50:20 in other translations
| BSB | As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people. |
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| WEB | As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. |
| ASV | And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. |
| YLT | As for you, ye devised against me evil--God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today. |
| Webster | But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. |
What does Genesis 50:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:15-21
15-21. When Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, &c.--Joseph was deeply affected by this communication. He gave them the strongest assurances of his forgiveness and thereby gave both a beautiful trait of his own pious character, as well as appeared an eminent type of the Saviour.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 50:15-21
Various motives might cause the sons of Jacob to continue in Egypt, notwithstanding the prophetic vision Abraham had of their bondage there. Judging of Joseph from the general temper of human nature, they thought he would now avenge himself on those who hated and injured him without cause. Not being able to resist, or to flee away, they attempted to soften him by humbling themselves. They pleaded with him as the…
Genesis 50:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 50:20
- Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- Genesis 45:5-8
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 37:18-20
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
- Psalms 105:16-17
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
- Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
- Acts 3:13-15
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- Genesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
- Acts 3:26
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
- Psalms 56:5
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Isaiah 10:7
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
- Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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- Genesis 50:19
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
- Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- Genesis 50:21
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Genesis 50:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vosotros pensasteis mal sobre mí, mas Dios lo encaminó á bien, para hacer lo que vemos hoy, para mantener en vida á mucho pueblo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous, vous aviez pensé du mal contre moi: Dieu l’a pensé en bien, pour faire comme il en est aujourd’hui, afin de conserver la vie à un grand peuple. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr zwar, ihr hattet Böses wider mich im Sinne; Gott aber hatte im Sinne, es gut zu machen, auf daß er täte, wie es an diesem Tage ist, um ein großes Volk am Leben zu erhalten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vos cogitastis de me malum: sed Deus vertit illud in bonum, ut exaltaret me, sicut in præsentiarum cernitis, et salvos faceret multos populos. |