⁵ And now, do not be distressed^(A) and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here,^(B) because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.^(C)

⁷ But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant^(A) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.^[a](B)

⁸ “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.^(A) He made me father^(B) to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.^(C)