Genesis 45:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

It was not

General references

Philemon 1:15

Bible References

It was not

And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

“You would have no authority over Me at all,” Jesus answered him, “if it hadn’t been given you from above. This is why the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

So then it does not depend on human will or effort

but on God who shows mercy.

General references

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,