Cross references

Genesis 45:5

And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

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Genesis 45:5 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 50:20 (17 votes) and Acts 7:9–15 (11 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 37 to Philemon 1.

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Which verses does Genesis 45:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 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.

  2. Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household. …

  3. God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  4. Job 1:2110 votes

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

  5. He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

  6. He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

  7. Luke 23:347 votes

    Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

  8. “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

  9. “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

  10. The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

Which verses point to Genesis 45:5?

The 10 strongest of 19.