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Genesis 45:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 45 · verse 8 · King James Version
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.Genesis 45:8 · King James Version
Genesis 45:8 in context
6For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
Key words (Strong's)
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- rulermâshalto ruleH4910 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- madesûwmto putH7760 →
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