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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] Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

‘Return quickly to my father and say to him, “This is what your son Joseph says: ‘God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

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  1. 45:7 Or keep alive for you many survivors

(A)So God sent me before you to establish for you a remnant in the earth and to keep you alive for a great remnant of survivors. So now, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has set me as a (B)father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father, and (C)say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has set me as lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

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