Genesis 41:39

and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, 'After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;

Young's Literal Translation

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 saith unto his servants, 'Do we find like this, a man in whom the spirit of God [is]?'

40thou — thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

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Cross References

Genesis 41:25And Joseph saith unto Pharaoh, 'The dream of Pharaoh is one: that which God is doing he hath declared to Pharaoh;

Genesis 41:33'And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;

Proverbs 12:8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh 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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