Genesis 45:5

Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.

“So God sent me before you to establish for you a remnant in the earth and to keep you alive for a great remnant of survivors.

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to do what has happened on this day, to keep many people alive.

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came forth from my body seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has told him.

He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,