Genesis 45:5-6

⁵And 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.

⁶For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

— Genesis 45:5-6

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God Uses Your Difficulties to Save Others

Devo: Spiritual Warfare

""Please come closer to me," Joseph said to his brothers. When they did so, he said, "I am Joseph, the brother you sold into slavery in Egypt! Now,....."

Cross References for Genesis 45:5-6

• Genesis 50:20
• Acts 7:9-15
• Acts 2:23-24
• Job 1:21
• Genesis 45:7-8
• Psalm 105:16-17
• Luke 23:34
• Genesis 47:25
• Isaiah 40:1-2
• 2 Corinthians 2:7

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