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Genesis 45:8

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God's will and callingForgiving othersFaithSuffering

6 For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.

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

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

9 Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

10 You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

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BSB
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
KJV
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.
WEB
So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
ASV
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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.
DARBY
And now it was not you [that] sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt.
BLB
And now, you⁺ have not sent me here, but God. And He has made me for a father to Pharaoh, and for a lord of all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt.
ÅB
Så er det da ikke dere som har sendt meg hit, men Gud; og han har satt meg til far for Farao og til herre over hele hans hus og til hersker i hele Egypt.
OTB
Så det var ikke dere som sendte meg hit, men Gud. Han har gjort meg til en far for farao, herre over hele hans hus og hersker over hele Egypt.
B1930
Så er det da ikke I som har sendt mig hit, men Gud; og han har satt mig til far for Farao og til herre over hele hans hus og til hersker i hele Egyptens land.

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Cross references

  • John 15:16

    You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

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  • Romans 9:16

    So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

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  • John 19:11

    Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

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  • Psalms 105:21–22

    He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

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  • Job 29:16

    I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

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  • Judges 17:10

    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in

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  • 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.

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  • Genesis 41:39–48

    Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

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