"For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;"
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Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
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.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;
for perhaps for this reason he has been separated [from thee] for a time, that thou mightest possess him fully for ever;
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldst receive him for ever;
For perhaps he was therefore separated from you for a while, that you would have him forever,
for perhaps because of this he did depart for an hour, that age-duringly thou mayest have him,