Genesis 45:8

A Conservative Version

So 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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Cross References

John 15:16

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

Romans 9:16

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who is merciful.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, Thou would have no authority against me, unless it were given thee from above. Because of this he who delivered me to thee has greater sin.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.

Judges 17:10

And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy food. So the Levite went in.

Genesis 45:5

And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps because of this he departed for an hour, so that thou might receive him back forever,

Isaiah 22:21

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy belt. And I will commit thy government into his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.