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Genesis 45:8

“So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God.x He made me fathery to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.z

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Genesis 45:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

So it was not you who sent me here, but God. God has made me the highest officer of the king of Egypt. I am in charge of his palace, and I am the master of all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And now it was not you that sent me here, but God; 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 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

It wasn’t you who sent me here, but God. He has made me ⸤like⸥ a father to Pharaoh, lord over his entire household, and ruler of Egypt. 

Genesis 45:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“So then, it wasn’t you who sent me here. It was God. He made me like a father to Pharaoh. He made me master of Pharaoh’s whole house. He made me ruler of the whole land of Egypt.

Genesis 45:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.


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Genesis 47:5–12

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you, and the land of Egypt is before you; settlek your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.l Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability,m put them in charge of my own livestock.n

Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented himo before Pharaoh. After Jacob blesseda Pharaoh,p Pharaoh asked him, “How old are you?”

And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty.q My years have been few and difficult,r and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.s10 Then Jacob blessedb Pharaoht and went out from his presence.

11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land,u the district of Rameses,v as Pharaoh directed. 12 Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.w

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