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.
Joseph was the ruler over the land of Egypt, and he was the one who sold grain to all the people in the country. When Joseph's brothers came to buy grain, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
This verse shows Joseph in a position of great power in Egypt, with his own brothers unknowingly bowing before him when they came to buy food during the famine.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place during the severe seven-year famine that Joseph had predicted through Pharaoh's dreams. Joseph, who had been sold into slavery by these same brothers years earlier, was now second in command in Egypt and in charge of distributing stored grain. His brothers had traveled from Canaan to Egypt to buy food, not knowing that the powerful Egyptian official they were meeting was their brother Joseph.
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