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.
King James Version
World English Bible (WEB)
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
What this verse means
Joseph looks back at betrayal and names what God was doing the whole time: meaning it for good.
A short prayer
Lord, others' worst intentions are not the end of my story. Redeem what was meant for harm.
Read in context — Genesis 50
18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
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.
21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Related verses
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“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”John 11:25
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”Lamentations 3:22
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”Luke 19:10
“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”Psalms 103:12
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