But Joseph said to them: don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? The question — am I in the place of God — is the theological foundation of Joseph's refusal to retaliate. The application: the refusal to take the place of God in judging and punishing those who wronged you is the refusal of the person who understands that judgment belongs to God, not to the wronged party.

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