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
And He called for a famine upon the land;
He broke the whole staff of bread.
Acts 7:10
and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

He it was

Genesis 41:55
So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do.”

General references

Proverbs 14:19
The evil will bow down before the good,
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.