me here, but God; and [God] made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt,” to that of Amenemope, who said, “That which men propose is one thing; what God does is another,” and “God’s life is achievement, but man’s is denial.” In inner-Biblical interpretation The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these Biblical sources: Genesis chapter 44 In , Judah retells the events first told in . Genesis chapter 45 Von Rad likened Joseph's magnanimity in to that of , which counsels: “Say not: ‘I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.’” And Von Rad likened the theology of Joseph’s statement to his brothers in , “And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. . . . So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and [God] made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt,” to that of , “A man's heart devises his way; but the Lord directs his steps”; , “There are many devices in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand”; , “A man's goings are of the Lord; how then can man look to his way?”; and , “There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. The horse is prepared against the day of battle; but victory is of the Lord.” Joseph's explanation in that God sent him to Egypt before his brothers to preserve life finds an echo in , where Joseph told his brothers that they meant evil against him, but God meant it for good to save the lives of many people. Similarly, Psalm reports that God called a famine upon the land and sent Joseph before the children of Israel. Genesis chapter 47 Jacob's blessing of Pharaoh in echoes the promise of , , , and that through Abraham's descendants would other families of the earth be blessed. The report of that the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied finds an echo in . In early nonrabbinic interpretation The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these early nonrabbinic sources: Genesis chapter 44 Philo observed that having