Genesis 45:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph Made Himself Known to His Brethren 10. גשׁן gôshen , Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם geshem “rain, shower”), a region on the borders of Egypt and Arabia, near the...
Genesis 45:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but (c) 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. (c) Though God detests s...
Genesis 45:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. So now, it was not you that sent me hither. This is a remarkable passage, in which we are taught that the right course of events is never so disturbed by the depravity and wickedness of me...
Genesis 45:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 56 GOD VIEWED IN JOSEPH’S ADVANCEMENT Genesis 45:8 . So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but God. BY looking through second causes to the first Cause of all, we learn to tra...
Genesis 45:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. He hath made me a father to P...
Genesis 45:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hath made me a father to Pharaoh— i.e.. God has given me as much authority in the court of Pharaoh, as if I were really the king's father; so that he undertakes nothing without my advice, and execu...
Genesis 45:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. It was not you that sent...
Genesis 45:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph makes Himself known to his Brethren. Pharaoh invites Jacob and his Family to Settle in Egypt 5-7. Joseph declares that the events of the past all witnessed to the providential care of God.
Genesis 45:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But God. — Heb., but the God. The article is. rarely found with Elohim in the history of Joseph, but wherever it is added it is a sign of deep feeling on the speaker’s part. (Comp. Genesis 48:15...
Genesis 45:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RECONCILIATION Genesis 45:1-28 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel and gave commandment concerning his bones.- Hebrews 11:22 IT is gene...
Genesis 45:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Makes Himself Known to His Brothers Genesis 45:1-15 It may be that we have here an exact representation of a scene which shall be transacted some day, when our Lord makes Himself known t...
Genesis 45:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the account of Joseph's revelation of himself to his brethren, the chief value is in his recognition of the fact that his destiny had been in the hand of God: "It was not you that sent me hither,...
Genesis 45:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 50:20 ; Psalms 105:16-17 Observe how piety and charity are blended. Reader! while we behold the LORD'S hand in all the appointments of life, we shall never be disposed to feel much anger...
Genesis 45:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Genesis 45:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 8. It was not you tha...
Genesis 45:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It was not you that sent me hither, but God That I came to this place and pitch of honour and power is not to be imputed to your design, which was of another nature, but to God's overruling provide...
Genesis 45:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSEPH REVEALS HIMSELF Now that the grace of God has wrought genuine repentance in the hearts of the brothers, and Judah in particular, Joseph is free to reveal to them His own true identity. He w...
Genesis 45:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joseph Discovers Himself to His Brethren. B. C. 1707. 1 Then Joseph could not refrain hi...
Genesis 45:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That I came to this place, and pitch of honour and power, is not to be imputed to your design, which was of another nature, but to God's overruling providence, which ordered the circumstances of your...
Genesis 45:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph Reveals His Identity To His Brothers and Sends for Jacob ( Genesis 45:1-28 ) Genesis 45:1 ‘Then Joseph could not restrain himself in front of all those who stood by him and he cried, “C...
Genesis 45:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 45:6 . Earring.] To ear in the Anglo-Saxon means to plough. The word is used in this sense in Exodus 34:12 ; Deuteronomy 21:4 .— Genesis 45:8 . A father to Phara...
Genesis 45:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 45:7-8 I. "God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth." Joseph referred the whole order and purpose of his existence, all that had been adverse to it, all that had bee...
Genesis 45:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 45:1-2 . Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him: and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself...
Genesis 45:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 45:5 . Be not grieved; that is, not with any farther grief and trouble; for ye have wept and suffered enough. It was God, who taking advantage of your fault, sent me before you to preserve...
Genesis 45:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 45:1 , Genesis 45:2 Then (literally, and) Joseph could not refrain himself ( i.e. keep himself from giving way to the impulses of love) before all them that st...
Genesis 45:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph Makes Himself Known
Genesis 45:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

it was not. Genesis 45:5 John 15:16 John 19:11 Romans 9:16 father. Genesis 41:39-48 Judges 17:10 Job 29:16 Psalms 105:21 Psalms 105:22
Genesis 45:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Joseph Making Himself Known Genesis 45:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Chapter 44 of Genesis is introductory to 45. 1. Doing evil for good. This is discussed in Genesis 44:1-5 . Of course the sons...
Genesis 45:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

See what a favourable colour he puts upon the injury they had done him, God sent me before you — God's Israel is the particular care of God's providence. Joseph reckoned that his advancement was no...

Genesis 45:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Genesis 45:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 45:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 45:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 45:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 45:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 45:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 45:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 45:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 45:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes