Genesis 45:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

John 15:16

You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Romans 9:16

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

John 19:11

Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin.

Job 29:16

I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

Judges 17:10

And Michas said: Stay with me, and be unto me a father and a priest; and I will give thee every year ten pieces of silver, and a double suit of apparel, and thy victuals.

Genesis 45:5

Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season from thee, that thou mightest receive him again for ever:

Isaiah 22:21

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, saying: Joseph thy son is living: and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt. Which when Jacob heard, he awaked as it were out of a deep sleep, yet did not believe them.