GEN1564 When someone harms you, remember that he is only an agent of the Almighty.   From this verse we see Yosef’s perspective of events and understand how he was able to be so magnanimous toward his brothers.   From the words, “It was not you who sent me here, but God” is manifest the realization that people are God’s agents who carry out His will.  Of course, just as a person has the free will to choose his deeds, so must a person try to protect himself from harm.  But after the deed is done, one must be able to forgive.   Yosef was not merely trying to assuage the remorse of his brothers; he was expressing his true feelings.   Consequently, he forgave them.   Would a person grow angry at a stone that was thrown at him? This is the Torah’s outlook on life, and we must make it ours.   (Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz in Daas Torah, vol. 1., pp. 257-8).  PLYN 177