Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

Bible in Basic English

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

38Then Pharaoh said to his servants, Where may we get such a man as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God?

40You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:25Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:33And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 12:8A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

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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