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Genesis 45:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. "

Genesis 45:8

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6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest.

7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

8 So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says, “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don’t wait.

10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

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Genesis 45:1

"Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers."

Genesis 45:2

"He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard."

Genesis 45:3

"Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Does my father still live?” His brothers couldn’t answer him; for they were terrified at his presence."

Genesis 45:4

"Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt."

Genesis 45:5

"Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life."

Genesis 45:6

"For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing and no harvest."

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