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So now it wasn’t you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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Verse 8. Counsel. Joseph’s brethren had no design of elevating him to so high a dignity; but God’s will directed Pharao to appoint him his counsellor or prime minister. His father. Bible.—So the Roman emperors styled the prefects of the Prætorium, and the Caliphs their chief minister. Calmet.
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