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Genesis 41:39-40 KJV
Genesis · chapter 41 · verses 39–40
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.Genesis 41:39-40 · King James Version
Genesis 41:39-40 in context
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.
41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Forasmuchʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- discreetbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- shewedyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- thronekiççêʼproperly, coveredH3678 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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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