Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

In Context

38And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?

40Thou shall be over my house, and according to thy word all my people shall be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than thou.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out for a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:34-46

Joseph's Exaltation. ( b. c. 1715.) 33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which… Read the whole commentary →

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