Genesis 45:7

Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 45

“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”Genesis 45:7

What Does Genesis 45:7 Mean?

Genesis 45:7 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 45, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (11)

These passages are connected to Genesis 45:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

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.”Job 5:20“In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.”Deuteronomy 26:5“And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:”Psalms 44:4“Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.”Psalms 105:17“He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:”John 19:11“Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.”Acts 7:35“This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.”Judges 15:18“And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”Psalms 18:50“Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.”Genesis 49:24“But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)”1 Chronicles 11:14“And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.”

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