Genesis 47:25
And they responded: “Our health is in your hand; only let our lord look kindly upon us, and we will serve the king with gladness.”
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Genesis 18:3And he said: “If I, O lord, have found grace in your eyes, do not pass by your servant.
Genesis 33:15Esau responded, “I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.” But he said, “There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.”
Genesis 45:6For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, in which there can be neither plowing, nor reaping.
Ruth 2:13She said, “I have found favor before your eyes, my lord, who has consoled me, and you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid, who is unlike one of your young women.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 47:14-27
Distressed Occasioned by the Famine. ( b. c. 1706.) 13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said,… Read the whole commentary →