Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

He it was

General references

Bible References

Governor

Psalm 105:16
Furthermore, he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
Acts 7:10
And God delivered him out of all his afflictions. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Pharaoh made him governor over Egypt and his entire house.

He it was

Genesis 41:55
When the Egyptians became hungry, they cried out to the king for food. So he ordered them to go to Joseph and do what he told them.

General references

Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow before the good. The wicked are at the gates of the righteous.