Genesis 45:8

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And now not you sent me here, but God: and he placed me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Cross References

John 15:16

Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you.

Romans 9:16

Surely then, not of him Willing, nor of him running, but of God commiserating.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, Thou bast no power against me, if it were not given thee from above: therefore he delivering me to thee has greater sin.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the needy, and the contention I knew not I shall search it out

Judges 17:10

And Micah will say to him, Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I will give to thee ten of silver for days, and an equipment of garments, and means of life. And the Levite will go in.

Genesis 45:5

And now, ye shall not be grieved, and it shall not burn in your eyes, because ye sold me here: for God sent me before you for the preservation of life.

Philemon 1:15

For perhaps therefore he was separated for a time, that thou mightest receive him forever;

Isaiah 22:21

And I will clothe him with thy tunic, and I will strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will give thy dominion into his hand, and he was for a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

Genesis 45:26

And they will announce to him, saying, Joseph is yet living, and that he the ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart will be cold for he believed them not