Genesis 45:8 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 45:8

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

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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.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אַתֶּ֞ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם	she.lach.Tem	you sent	H7971 →
אֹתִי֙	'o.Ti	<obj.> me	H853 →
הֵ֔נָּה	He.nah	hither	H2008 →
כִּ֖י	ki	for	H3588 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
וַיְשִׂימֵ֨נִֽי	vay.si.Me.ni	and he has appointed me	H7760 →
לְאָ֜ב	le.'Av	to a father	H1 →
לְפַרְעֹ֗ה	le.far.'Oh	of Pharaoh	H6547 →
וּלְאָדוֹן֙	u.le.'a.dOn	and to lord	H113 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	of all	H3605 →
בֵּית֔וֹ	bei.To	household his	H1004 →
וּמֹשֵׁ֖ל	u.mo.Shel	and ruler	H4910 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	over all	H3605 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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.
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.”
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.