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Sforno on Genesis 50:19/ספורנו על בראשית נ׳:י״ט
אהֲתַחַת אֱלֹהִים אָנִי. הַאָמְנָם אֲנִי דַּיָּן תַּחְתָּיו שֶׁאָדוּן אַחַר גְּזֵרוֹתָיו וְאַעֲנִישׁ מִי שֶׁהָיָה שָׁלִיחַ מֵאִתּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹתָם כְּמוֹ בֵּית דִּין הַמְבַטֵּל דִּבְרֵי בֵּית דִּין חֲבֵרוֹ (עדיות א:ה). כִּי אָמְנָם הֱיִיתֶם שְׁלוּחָיו בָּזֶה בְּלִי סָפֵק כְּעִנְיָן "לֹא אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי הֵנָּה כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים" (בראשית מה:ח).
1התחת אלוקים אני, while it is true that I am a judge, a surrogate of His, charged with the task of carrying out His decrees, and I could punish anyone who was empowered by Him to carry out His decrees. This is analogous to the principle that one court must not annul the rulings of a previous court on the same subject.” (Eduyot 1:5) It is true that you had been charged by G’d to carry out His decrees, but you did not send me here deliberately but G’d. (Genesis 48:8)