As 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.

Genesis 37:26
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 37:27
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh." And they agreed.

Genesis 45:5
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.

Genesis 45:7
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Genesis 50:19
But Joseph replied, "Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?

Isaiah 10:7
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.

But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.