it was not.

Genesis 45:5
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

John 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will remain--so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 19:11
Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin."

Romans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.

father.

Genesis 41:39-48
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. . . .

Judges 17:10
"Stay with me, " Micah said to him, "and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions." So the Levite went in

Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Psalm 105:21, 22
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance, . . .