Genesis 41:39

So Pharaoh said unto Joseph, After God hath made known unto thee all this, there is no one discreet and wise like thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 unto his servants,—Can we find such a one, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?

40Thou, shalt be over my house, and on thy mouth, shall all my people kiss,—only as to the throne, will I be greater than thou.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:25Then said Joseph unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh, is, one. What God is about to do hath he announced to Pharaoh.

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

Proverbs 12:8In proportion to his prudence, is a man, to be praised, but, the perverse in heart, shall be an object of contempt.

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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