but God] You plotted, but being but men could not performe; but God, whose will is his deed, really made good his gracious purpose towards you. Gods godnesse over-masters the malignitie of men, turning their evill into good, and making a medicine of a poyson; See Psalms 119:71. In this acknowledgement Joseph taketh off the thankes and praise of their preservation from himselfe, and giveth it to God. See Genesis 45:5. Act. 3. 12, 13. much people] The Egyptians, and other people, who in the famine were furnished with corn, by the store which Josephs providence had laid up in the years of plenty.