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Genesis 50:20

WEB

20As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

KJV

20But 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.

BSB

20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like thisto preserve the lives of many people.

FBV

20While you planned bad things for me, God planned it for good so that in the end many lives could be saved.

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