Génesis 45:8

8 Fue Dios quien me envió aquí, y no ustedes. Él me ha puesto como asesor^[a] del faraón y administrador de su casa, y como gobernador de todo Egipto.

Génesis 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.

Génesis 45:8 In-Context

6 Desde hace dos años la región está sufriendo de hambre, y todavía faltan cinco años más en que no habrá siembras ni cosechas.

7 Por eso Dios me envió delante de ustedes: para salvarles la vida de manera extraordinaria y de ese modo asegurarles descendencia sobre la tierra.

8 Fue Dios quien me envió aquí, y no ustedes. Él me ha puesto como asesor del faraón y administrador de su casa, y como gobernador de todo Egipto.

9 ¡Vamos, apúrense! Vuelvan a la casa de mi padre y díganle: “Así dice tu hijo José: ‘Dios me ha hecho gobernador de todo Egipto. Ven a verme. No te demores.

10 Vivirás en la región de Gosén, cerca de mí, con tus hijos y tus nietos, y con tus ovejas, y vacas y todas tus posesiones.

Footnotes

• [a]. "asesor" . Lit. "padre" .