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Genesis 50:20 — King James Version← Study notes

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.


Genesis 50:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:2014 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אַתֶּ֕םwəʾatem
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥םḥăšabətem
you plannedverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
עָלַ֖/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רָעָ֑הrāʿāh
harmnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
אֱלֹהִים֙ʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
חֲשָׁבָ֣/הּḥăšābāh
he planned itverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
לְ/טֹבָ֔הləṭōbāh
for goodpronH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לְמַ֗עַןləmaʿan
so aspronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
עֲשֹׂ֛הʿăśōh
to actverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
כַּ/יּ֥וֹםkaywōm
as the daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הַ/זֶּ֖הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
לְ/הַחֲיֹ֥תləhaḥăyōt
to preserve alivepronH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
עַםʿam
a peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
רָֽבrāb
numerousadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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As for You, You Meant It for Evil, But God Meant It for Good
Joseph's full statement: you meant it for evil, God meant it for good. Both motives are true simultaneously. Their evil intention and God's good purpose coexist. This is the paradox of evil and provi...
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