And God sent... to preserve.

God often works by contraries; the envy and contention of the brethren threaten the ruin of the family, yet in this instance God directs all so that they are the occasion of preserving Jacob's family. Joseph had never been the shepherd and stone of Israel if the brethren had not shot at and hated him. See Genesis 49:23-24.-- Henry.

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