Genesis 45:5
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.In other versions
And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
ASV
Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.
BBE
And now, be not grieved, and be not angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
DBY
Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
WEB
and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.
YLT
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that all of you sold me here: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
ENG
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God sent me before you to preserve life.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.