Genesis 45:7

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.

Genesis 45:1

The Reconciliation of the Brothers

45:1 Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, ⁴  so he cried out, “Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained ⁵  with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

Genesis 17:6

17:6 I will make you ⁶  extremely ⁷  fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. ⁸ 

Psalms 33:19

33:19 by saving their lives from death ⁹ 

and sustaining them during times of famine. ¹⁰ 

Proverbs 10:3

10:3 The Lord satisfies ¹¹  the appetite ¹²  of the righteous,

but he thwarts ¹³  the craving ¹⁴  of the wicked.

Isaiah 33:16

33:16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; ¹⁵ 

he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; ¹⁶ 

he will have food

and a constant supply of water.

Habakkuk 3:17

3:17 When ¹⁷  the fig tree does not bud,

and there are no grapes on the vines;

when the olive trees do not produce, ¹⁸ 

and the fields yield no crops; ¹⁹ 

when the sheep disappear ²⁰  from the pen,

and there are no cattle in the stalls,

[45:7]  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).

[45:7]  ² tn Heb “to make you a remnant.” The verb, followed here by the preposition לְ (lÿ), means “to make.”

[45:7]  ³ tn The infinitive gives a second purpose for God’s action.

[45:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the ones standing beside him.”

[45:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “stood.”

[17:6]  ⁶ tn This verb starts a series of perfect verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive to express God’s intentions.

[17:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “exceedingly, exceedingly.” The repetition is emphatic.

[17:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I will make you into nations, and kings will come out from you.”

[33:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “to save from death their live[s].”

[33:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and to keep them alive in famine.”

[10:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “does not allow…to go hungry.” The expression “The Lord does not allow the appetite of the righteous to go hungry” is an example of tapeinosis – a figurative expression stated in the negative to emphasize the positive: The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous.

[10:3]  ¹² tn The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) means “soul” but its root meaning is “throat” and it has a broad range of meanings; here it denotes “appetite” (BDB 660 s.v. 5.a; see, e.g., Pss 63:6; 107:9; Prov 27:7; Isa 56:11; 58:10; Jer 50:19; Ezek 7:19). The term could denote “desire” (BDB 660 s.v. 6.a) which would include the inner urge for success. By contrast, the wicked live unfulfilled lives – as far as spiritual values are concerned.

[10:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “thrusts away” (cf. ASV, NASB); NLT “refuses to satisfy.” The verb הָדַף (hadaf) means “to thrust away; to push; to drive,” either to depose or reject (BDB 213 s.v.).

[10:3]  ¹⁴ tn This verse contrasts the “appetite” of the righteous with the “craving” of the wicked. This word הַוַּה (havvah, “craving”) means “desire” often in a bad sense, as ‘the desire of the wicked,” which could not be wholesome (Ps 52:9).

[33:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”

[33:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”

[3:17]  ¹⁷ tn Or “though.”

[3:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the produce of the olive disappoints.”

[3:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “food.”

[3:17]  ²⁰ tn Or “are cut off.”