Genesis 45:8 meaning and explanation

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Joseph is speaking to his brothers, the very men who sold him into slavery twenty years earlier. Now second in command in Egypt, he reframes their betrayal: behind their action stood God, who sent him ahead to preserve the family during famine.

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