Genesis 45:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, be not grieved, nor let it be displeasing in your eyes that ye sold me hither, for to preserve life hath God sent me before you.

King James Bible
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Hebrew
And now,
וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be distressed
תֵּעָ֣צְב֗וּ (tê·‘ā·ṣə·ḇū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger

or angry
יִ֙חַר֙ (yi·ḥar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

with yourselves
בְּעֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם (bə·‘ê·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you sold
מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם (mə·ḵar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 4376: To sell

me
אֹתִ֖י (’ō·ṯî)
Direct object marker | first person common singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

into this place,
הֵ֑נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's 2008: Hither, thither

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it was to save lives
לְמִֽחְיָ֔ה (lə·miḥ·yāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4241: Preservation of life, sustenance, the live flesh, the quick

that God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

sent me
שְׁלָחַ֥נִי (šə·lā·ḥa·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

before you.
לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃ (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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