Genesis 41:35

41:35 They should gather all the excess food ¹  during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh’s authority ²  they should store up grain so the cities will have food, ³  and they should preserve it. ⁴ 

Genesis 50:20

50:20 As for you, you meant to harm me, ⁵  but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “all the food.”

² tn Heb “under the hand of Pharaoh.”

³ tn Heb “[for] food in the cities.” The noun translated “food” is an adverbial accusative in the sentence.

⁴ tn The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive carries the same force as the sequence of jussives before it.

⁵ tn Heb “you devised against me evil.”

⁶ tn Heb “God devised it for good in order to do, like this day, to preserve alive a great nation.”