Genesis 41:41

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘See, I have appointed you over all the land of Egypt.’

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In The King James Version

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

In Context

40You will be at the head of my dominion, and all my people will be ruled as you command, only on the throne I will be superior to you.’

42Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his finger and put it upon Joseph’s finger and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a golden collar about his neck.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:22so that he placed all the prisoners in Joseph’s charge and made him responsible for whatever they did there.

Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. Therefore Joseph’s brothers came and bowed before him with their faces to the earth.

Esther 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and loved by them all. He sought the good of his people and promoted the welfare of their descendants.

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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