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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 50, Verse 19

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And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.
King James Version
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of God?
American Standard Version
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
New English Translation
But Joseph answered them,“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
World English Bible
Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
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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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Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
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And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
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And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
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And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
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So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,