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.

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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.

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BSB

²⁰As 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.

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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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