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Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
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Verse 19. Resist, and so forth Hebrew “Am I not subject to God; or, Am I a God,” to oppose his will. Septuagint “I belong to the Lord.” You see that your designs against me have turned to our mutual advantage. Can I, therefore, think of punishing you? Repent, and obtain pardon of God: I certainly forgive you. Bible.—Thus God drew good out of the evil, in which he had no share.—Saint Augustine de Calmet. D. xiv. 27. Saint John Chrysostom hom. 67.
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