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18 So Joseph’s[a] brothers went to visit him, fell prostrate in front of him, and declared, “Look! We’re your servants.”

19 “Don’t be afraid,” Joseph responded. “Am I sitting in God’s place? 20 As far as you’re concerned, you were planning evil against me, but God intended it for good, planning to bring about the present result so that many people would be preserved alive.

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  1. Genesis 50:18 Lit. his

18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him.(A) “We are your slaves,”(B) they said.

19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God?(C) 20 You intended to harm me,(D) but God intended(E) it for good(F) to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.(G)

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