Study it in the app“So now it was not you who sent me here, but Elohim; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.”
Joseph to his brothers: it was not you who sent me here, but GodProvidence
So nowוְעַתָּהit was notלֹאyouאַתֶּםwho sentשְׁלַחְתֶּםmeאֹתִיhere,הֵנָּהbutכִּיElohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםand he has made meוַיְשִׂימֵנִיa fatherלְאָבto Pharaoh,לְפַרְעֹהand lordוּלְאָדוֹןof allלְכָלhis house,בֵּיתוֹand rulerוּמֹשֵׁלover allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachtem” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “yesime” appearsfounder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “av” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adon” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsruler
A person with authority who commands a people, good or bad.
Where else “moshel” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsJoseph recalls that they sold him (45:4-5) and says that it was Elohim who sent him ahead of them to preserve life (45:5, 7-8; also 50:20).
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
7Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
8 · This verse (above)
9Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: Elohim has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me; do not delay.
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when he made himself known (vv. 3-5)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Joseph says Elohim sent him ahead of them to preserve life (vv. 5-8)?
3. How I live it
How can you look with a wider view at someone who hurt you, without denying the pain?
