Genesis 45:5-7
5 And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.(A)
6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
7 God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.(a)
Footnotes:
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Genesis 45:7: Or keep alive for you many survivors