Genesis 41
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Genesis 41:33-45

33Now let Pharaoh look for a man 1discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers 2in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance. 35Then let them 3gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh’s authority, and let them guard it. 36Let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine.”

37Now the 4proposal seemed good 5to Pharaoh and 6to all his servants. 38Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, 7in whom is a divine spirit?” 39So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so 8discerning and wise as you are. 409You shall be over my house, and according to your 10command all my people shall 11do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.” 41Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you 12over all the land of Egypt.” 42Then Pharaoh 13took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and 14put the gold necklace around his neck. 43He had him ride in 15his second chariot; and they proclaimed before him, “16Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Egypt. 44Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Though I am Pharaoh, yet 17without 18your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” 45Then Pharaoh named Joseph 19Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of 2021On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 41:33 Gen 41:39 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 41:34 Lit over ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 41:35 Gen 41:48 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 41:37 Lit word ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 41:37 Lit in the sight of ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 41:37 Lit in the sight of ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 41:38 Job 32:8; Dan 4:8, 9, 18; 5:11, 14 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 41:39 Gen 41:33 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 41:40 Ps 105:21; Acts 7:10 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 41:40 Lit mouth ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 41:40 Lit kiss ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 41:41 Gen 42:6; Ps 105:21; Dan 6:3; Acts 7:10 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 41:42 Esth 3:10; 8:2 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 41:42 Dan 5:7, 16, 29 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 41:43 Lit the second...which was his ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 41:43 Heb Abreck: Attention or Make way ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 41:44 Ps 105:22 ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 41:44 Lit you no one ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 41:45 Probably Egyptian for “God speaks; he lives” ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 41:45 Or Heliopolis ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 41:45 Jer 43:13; Ezek 30:17 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 41

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