Genesis 45:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

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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.

Genesis 45:8 Cross References

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, saying, “Yosĕ

Genesis 45:5

“And now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the case which I did not know.

Isaiah 22:21

‘And I shall put your robe on him, and strengthen him with your girdle, and give your authority into his hand. And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim and to the house of Yehuḏ

John 15:16

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name He might give you.

John 19:11

יהושע  answered, “You would possess no authority against Me if it were not given you from above. Because of this, he who delivered Me to you has greater sin.”

Romans 9:16

So, then, it is not of him who is wishing, nor of him who is running, but of Elohim who shows favour.

Philemon 1:15

For he parted from you for a while, possibly because of this, so that you might have him back forever,

Judges 17:10

And Miḵ