Genesis Chapter 50 verse 20 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
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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;
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Genesis 50 : 20 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good (literally, and ye were thinking or meditating evil against me; Elohim was thinking or meditating for good, i.e. that what you did should be for good), to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive (vide Genesis 45:5).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Ye thought . . . God meant.--The verb in the Heb. is the same, and contrasts man's purpose with God's purpose. In Genesis 45:7 Joseph had already pointed out that the Divine providence had overruled the evil intentions of his brethren for good. At the end of the verse "much people," or a great people, means the Egyptians.
