Quotes about Authority
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
- Genesis 44:19
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Genesis 45:9
When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
- Genesis 46:33
And he chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:2
So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
- Genesis 47:20
And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
- Genesis 48:22
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Genesis 49:10
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Exodus 1:17
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
- Exodus 1:18
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- Exodus 1:22
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
- Exodus 2:14
He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
- Exodus 4:16