Genesis 50:20
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.
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Cross references
- Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Psalm 119:71 It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Genesis 45:5–7 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. For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting. God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.