Genesis 45:7
Strong's Lexicon
God
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

sent
וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי (way·yiš·lā·ḥê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

me before you
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

to preserve
לָשׂ֥וּם (lā·śūm)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

you
לָכֶ֛ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew :

as a remnant
שְׁאֵרִ֖ית (šə·’ê·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7611: 1) rest, residue, remainder, remnant 1a) rest, what is left 1b) remainder, descendants

on the earth
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

and to save your lives
וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת (ū·lə·ha·ḥă·yō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2421: 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

לָכֶ֔ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew :

by a great
גְּדֹלָֽה׃ (gə·ḏō·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness n pr m 1j) (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel

deliverance.
לִפְלֵיטָ֖ה (lip̄·lê·ṭāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6413: 1) escape, deliverance 1a) escape, deliverance 1b) escaped remnant

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Young's Literal Translation
and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

New American Standard Bible
"God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

King James Bible
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

New Living Translation
God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.

English Standard Version
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.

New American Standard Bible
"God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

King James Bible
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God sent me ahead of you to establish you as a remnant within the land and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

International Standard Version
God sent me ahead of you to keep you alive on the earth, and to save you all in a magnificent way.

NET Bible
God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

American Standard Version
And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

English Revised Version
And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

Young's Literal Translation
and God sendeth me before you, to place of you a remnant in the land, and to give life to you by a great escape;
















Cross References
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.

Genesis 50:20
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 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 45:6
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

Genesis 45:4
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Genesis 45:8
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:9
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

Genesis 45:10
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
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