Genesis 42:6 meaning and explanation

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 42:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Joseph, once sold into slavery by these same brothers, now governs Egypt under Pharaoh and controls the grain supply during a famine that has reached Canaan. The brothers come to buy food and bow low before him, not knowing who he is.

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