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God's Overruling Providence
Commentators agree that Joseph's primary goal is to shift his brothers' focus from their guilt to God's sovereign plan. He repeats that 'God sent me' to impress upon them that their evil act was overruled by God's providence for a 'great deliverance.' This reframing was an act of love to alleviate their fear and grief.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 45:1–28
18th Century
Theologian
- גשׁן gôshen — Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם geshem “rain, shower”), a region on the borders o…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 45:7
19th Century
Bishop
To preserve you a posterity in the earth.—Hebrew: To put for you a remnant in the land, that is, to preserve a remainder …
Charles Spurgeon
On Genesis 45:7
19th Century
Preacher
How wonderfully those two things meet in practical harmony—the free will of man and the predestination of God! Man acts just as freely and just as …
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John Gill
On Genesis 45:7
17th Century
Pastor
And God sent me before you This he repeats to impress the minds of his brethren with a sense of the good providence of Go…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 45:1–15
17th Century
Minister
Joseph let Judah continue and heard all he had to say. He found his brothers humbled for their sins, mindful of him (for Judah had mentioned him tw…