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Genesis 45:8

in Genesis 45

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

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.

This verse in Genesis 45

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

He hath made me a father to Pharaoh - It has already been conjectured that father was a name of office in Egypt, and that father of Pharaoh might among them signify the same as prime minister or the king’s minister does among us. Calmet has remarked that among the Phoenicians, Persians, Arabians, and Romans, the title of father was given to certain officers of state. The Roman emperors gave the name of father to the prefects of the Praetorium, as appears by the letters of Constantine to Ablavius. The caliphs gave the same name to their prime ministers.

This site's exposition

to preserve you as a remnant on the earth

on Genesis 45:7-8

Remnant is the word for the part of a people left alive after a judgment, and Joseph uses it of his own family. The second saying and the third reach further than the first, a remnant on the earth, then a great deliverance. He ends by giving the sending to God, who made him lord of Pharaoh's household and ruler of the land of Egypt. The sending is God's and the selling stays theirs.

This site's exposition

a father to Pharaoh

A father to Pharaoh is a title for the king's chief adviser, the man whose counsel the throne leans on. Joseph names three offices in rising order, adviser, lord of the household and ruler of the land. Each one answers the pit at Dothan.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He promises to take care of his father and all the family during the rest of the years of famine. He desires that his father may speedily be made glad with the tidings of his life and dignity.

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A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Joseph reckoned that his advancement was not so much designed to save a whole kingdom of Egyptians, as to preserve a small family of Israelites; for the Lord's portion is his people: whatever goes with others, they shall be secured. How admirable are the projects of Providence!
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God,....

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַתָּ֗הand therefore

    veatahH6258433 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H38085168 times

  • אַתֶּ֞םyou

    ʾatemH8591094 times

  • שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤םyou sent

    shelachtemH7971845 times

  • אֹתִי֙<obj.> me

    ʾotiH85310935 times

  • הֵ֔נָּהhither

    henahH200849 times

  • כִּ֖יfor

    kiH35884482 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • וַיְשִׂימֵ֨נִֽיand he has appointed me

    vaysimeniH7760584 times

  • לְאָ֜בto a father

    leavH11212 times

  • לְפַרְעֹ֗הof Pharaoh

    lefarohH6547274 times

  • וּלְאָדוֹן֙and to lord

    uleadonH113333 times

  • לְכָל־of all

    lekholH36055413 times

  • בֵּית֔וֹhousehold his

    beitoH10042046 times

  • וּמֹשֵׁ֖לand ruler

    umoshelH491081 times

  • בְּכָל־over all

    bekholH36055413 times

  • אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH7762504 times

  • מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt

    mitzrayimH4714641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 1:5–7

      “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

    • John 15:19

      If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

    • Ephesians 2:10

      For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

    • 2 Timothy 3:15–17

      From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

    • Galatians 1:15

      But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

  • Through

    Romans 9:16

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

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 2:8

      For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

  • Through

    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.”

    it leads to

    • Romans 13:1

      Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

    • John 3:27

      John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

About Genesis

Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.