Genesis 45:8

So now it clear that it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me like a father to Pharaoh and master of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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In The King James Version

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

In Context

7God sent me before you to keep you alive through a great deliverance and give you descendants on the earth.

9“Go up quickly to my father and say to him, ‘Your son Joseph says: God has made me master of all Egypt, come down to me without delay.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:41So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have appointed you over all the land of Egypt.”

Genesis 45:5Do not be troubled nor angry with yourselves that you sold me here, because God sent me before you to preserve life.

Psalms 105:21He made him lord of his household, and ruler of all his possessions,

John 15:16It wasn’t you who chose me, but I who chose you, and I appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that should remain, so that the Father might grant you whatever you ask in my name.

Romans 9:16So, then, all depends, not on human wishes or human efforts, but on God’s mercy.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 45:2-16

Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4 And Joseph said unto his… Read the whole commentary →

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