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Genesis 45:7

Context
45:7 God sent me 1  ahead of you to preserve you 2  on the earth and to save your lives 3  by a great deliverance.

1 sn God sent me. The repetition of this theme that God sent Joseph is reminiscent of commission narratives in which the leader could announce that God sent him (e.g., Exod 3:15).

2 tn Heb “to make you a remnant.” The verb, followed here by the preposition לְ (lÿ), means “to make.”

3 tn The infinitive gives a second purpose for God’s action.



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