Genesis 50:20

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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.

But as for you, ye thought {H2803} evil {H7451} against me; but God {H430} meant it {H2803} unto good {H2896}, to {H4616} bring to pass {H6213}, as it is this day {H3117}, to save {H2421} much {H7227} people {H5971} alive {H2421}.

You meant to do me harm, but God meant it for good -so that it would come about as it is today, with many people's lives being saved.

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

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

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Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
Psalms 119:71

¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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 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 37:18

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis 37:20

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Acts 2:23

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

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