Genesis 45:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ So it was not you who sent me here but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

⁸ You didn’t send me here; it was God who made me a father to Pharaoh, master of his entire household, and ruler of the whole land of Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ I was sent here, not by your counsel, but by the will of God. He has caused me to be like a father to Pharaoh, and to be the lord of his entire house, as well as governor throughout all the land of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and governor in all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 Cross References

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive! He is even ruler over all the land of Egypt.” He was stunned; he could not believe them.

Genesis 45:5

And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger.

Isaiah 22:21

and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

Romans 9:16

So it depends not on human will or exertion but on God who shows mercy.

Philemon 1:15

Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for the long term,

Judges 17:10

Then Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living.”