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Genesis 41:38 KJV
Genesis · chapter 41 · verse 38
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?Genesis 41:38 · King James Version
Genesis 41:38 in context
36And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
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Key words (Strong's)
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- SpiritrûwachwindH7307 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- findmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
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Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich himself and supply the country when it would be dear and scarce.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-45