Genesis 45:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 (KJV), 1611
Genesis 45:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 45:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 — World English Bible
Genesis 45:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 ruler over all the land of Egypt. ”
Genesis 45:8 — American Standard Version
Genesis 45:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and now, ye--ye have not sent me hither, but God, and He doth set me for a father to Pharaoh, and for lord to all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 45:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 45:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And now it was not you [that] sent me here, butGod; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and governor over all the land of Egypt. ”
Genesis 45:8 — Darby Translation
Genesis 45:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Now the you sent not me hither, but God, who hath made mee a father vnto Pharaoh, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 45:8 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 45:8 in Context — Genesis 45
6 For 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.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 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.
9 Haste 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:
10 And 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:
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What Does Genesis 45:8 Mean?
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