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Genesis 39:3

in Genesis 39

When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

KJV

And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

This verse in Genesis 39

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Here that which has been lately alluded to more clearly appears, that the grace of God shone forth in Joseph, in no common or usual manner; since it became thus manifest to a man who was a heathen, and, in this respect, blind.

This site's exposition

his master saw that the LORD was with him

on Genesis 39:3-4

An Egyptian who knows nothing of the God of Abraham can see the LORD at work in a slave's hands. Calvin says the grace on Joseph showed plainly enough for a heathen master to read it. Joseph found favor in his sight and was put over the whole household. Everything Potiphar owns passes into Joseph's hand.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And his master saw that the Lord was with him,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Though, at first, we may suppose that his hand was put to the meanest services, even in those appeared his ingenuity and industry; a particular blessing of Heaven attended him, which, as he rose in his employment, became more and more discernible. Note, (1.) Those that have wisdom and grace have that which cannot be taken away from them, whatever else they are robbed of.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֣רְאand he saw

    vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֔יוmaster<s> his

    ʾadonavH113 →333 times

  • כִּ֥יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אִתּ֑וֹ[was] with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • וְכֹל֙and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • ה֣וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • עֹשֶׂ֔ה[was] doing

    ʾosehH6213 →2628 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מַצְלִ֥יחַ[was] making successful

    matzliachH6743 →65 times

  • בְּיָדֽוֹ׃in hand his

    beyadoH3027 →1618 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 1:3

    He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 17:8

      He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not…

    • Ezekiel 47:12

      Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from…

    • Psalms 92:14

      In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

  • Through

    Matthew 5:16

    In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 2:12

      Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

    • Titus 2:7

      In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

    • John 15:8

      This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

    • 1 John 1:5–7

      And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

    • Philippians 2:15–16

      so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Where this verse is studied

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About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.