Bible Verses About Afflictions Made Beneficial: Joseph

But don't be sad that you sold me into slavery here or angry at yourselves, because it was God who sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

God sent me ahead of you to ensure that you will have descendants on earth and to save your lives in a great deliverance.

So it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his household and ruler over the whole land of Egypt.