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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 50, Verse 20

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And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of God?
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
World English Bible
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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Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
23
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.
2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.