Chuàngshìjì 45:8

8 Zhèyàng kàn lái , chāi wǒ dào zhèlǐ lái de bú shì nǐmen , nǎi shì shén . tā yòu shǐ wǒ rú fǎlǎo de fǔ , zuò tā quán jiā de zhǔ , bìng Āijí quán dì de zǎixiàng .

Chuàngshìjì 45:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:8

So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God
Which is to be understood not absolutely, as if they had no concern at all in sending him thither; they sold him to the Ishmaelites, who brought him down to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, and so were instrumental in his coming to Egypt; but comparatively, it was not they so much as God that sent him; whose providence directed, disposed, and overruled all those events, to bring Joseph to this place, and to such an high station, to answer the purposes and designs of God in providing for and preserving Jacob's family in a time of distress:

and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh:
to be a teacher to him, as Aben Ezra, that is, to be his counsellor, to advise him well in all things, as a father his children; or to be his partner and patron, as Jarchi, to have a share with him in power and authority, and to be reckoned as a father to him, see ( Genesis 41:43 ) ; and to provide for him and the welfare of his kingdom, as parents do for their children: the following phrases explain it of rule and government; and the meaning is, that he was a great man, and a prince ^F19 in Pharaoh's court:

and lord of all his house;
his prime minister, chief counsellor and courtier:

and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt;
to whom all the deputies of the several provinces were subject under Pharaoh, and especially in the affair of the corn.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 So it is interpreted by R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 50. 1.

Chuàngshìjì 45:8 In-Context

6 Xiànzaì zhè dì de jīhuāng yǐjing èr nián le , hái zaì wǔ nián bùnéng gēngzhòng , bùnéng shōu chéng .

7 Shén chāi wǒ zaì nǐmen yǐ xiān lái , wèi yào gĕi nǐmen cún liú yú chóng zaì shìshang , yòu yào dà shī zhĕngjiù , bǎoquán nǐmen de shēngmìng .

8 Zhèyàng kàn lái , chāi wǒ dào zhèlǐ lái de bú shì nǐmen , nǎi shì shén . tā yòu shǐ wǒ rú fǎlǎo de fǔ , zuò tā quán jiā de zhǔ , bìng Āijí quán dì de zǎixiàng .

9 Nǐmen yào gǎnjǐn shàng dào wǒ fùqin nàli . duì tā shuō , nǐ érzi Yūesè zhèyàng shuō , shén shǐ wǒ zuò quán Āijí de zhǔ , qǐng nǐ xià dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái , búyào dān yán .

10 Nǐ hé nǐ wǒ érzi sūnzi , lián niú qún yáng qún , bìng yīqiè suǒyǒude , dōu kĕyǐ zhù zaì Gēshān dì , yǔ wǒ xiàng jìn .