Gênesis 45:8

8 “Assim, não foram vocês que me mandaram para cá, mas sim o próprio Deus. Ele me tornou ministro^[a] do faraó, e me fez administrador de todo o palácio e governador de todo o Egito.

Gênesis 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.

Gênesis 45:8 In-Context

6 Já houve dois anos de fome na terra, e nos próximos cinco anos não haverá cultivo nem colheita.

7 Mas Deus me enviou à frente de vocês para lhes preservar um remanescente nesta terra e para salvar-lhes a vida com grande livramento.

8 “Assim, não foram vocês que me mandaram para cá, mas sim o próprio Deus. Ele me tornou ministro do faraó, e me fez administrador de todo o palácio e governador de todo o Egito.

9 Voltem depressa a meu pai e digam-lhe: Assim diz o seu filho José: ‘Deus me fez senhor de todo o Egito. Vem para cá, não te demores.

10 Tu viverás na região de Gósen e ficarás perto de mim—tu, os teus filhos, os teus netos, as tuas ovelhas, os teus bois e todos os teus bens.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "pai."