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Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) · 65 of 73 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

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[45:8] 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. [45:9] Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not; [45:10] and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: [45:11] and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. [45:12] And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. [45:13] And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. [45:14] And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. [45:15] And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. [45:16] And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. [45:17] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; [45:18] and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. [45:19] Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. [45:20] Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. [45:21] And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. [45:22] To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. [45:23] And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. [45:24] So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. [45:25] And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. [45:26] And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. [45:27] And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: [45:28] and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

Joseph explicitly attributes his rise to God's active ordering of events ('it was not you that sent me hither, but God'), and the entire narrative arc of famine and reunion is presented as divinely directed toward a purposeful end.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

God is presented as an active, personal agent who deliberately makes Joseph 'a father to Pharaoh' and 'lord of all Egypt,' intervening in specific human affairs with intentionality rather than operating as an abstract principle.

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