Genesis 45:7

45:7 God sent me8 ahead of you to preserve you9 on the earth and to save your lives10 by a great deliverance.

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8	sn God sent me. The repetition of this theme that God sent Joseph is reminiscent of commission narratives in which the leader could announce that God sent him (e.g., Exod 3:15).
9	tn Heb “to make you a remnant.” The verb, followed here by the preposition לְ (lé), means “to make.”
10	tn The infinitive gives a second purpose for God’s action.