Genesis 41:39
in Genesis 41Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
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ASV
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
KJV
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
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This verse in Genesis 41
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
This proposal pleased Pharaoh
on Genesis 41:37-40
The plan pleases Pharaoh and all his officials, and the king asks whether anyone can be found in whom the Spirit of God abides. Clarke notes that the Hebrew behind that phrase is the pair of words used at Genesis 1:2, now in an Egyptian king's mouth. Pharaoh hands over his house and the rule of his people and keeps the throne. The man came out of a dungeon that morning.
This site's exposition
there is no one as discerning and wise as you
Pharaoh hands Joseph's own words back to him. At verse 33 Joseph advised looking for a discerning and wise man, and the king finds that man standing before him. Pharaoh rests his choice on the revelation from God.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
A commentator
Philoxenus of Mabbug13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity · Written before 523.
proposed
But see the end of the two sides, and observe with which God was well pleased. While that simplicity which did not know how to hide its dreams was mounted upon a chariot of honour, craftiness was cast down upon the ground before it, and …
Do you see how even Pharaoh realized that these things became clear to Joseph through a revelation from on high? I mean, whom would we find, he is saying, so imbued with grace as to have the spirit of God in him? "He said to Joseph, 'Since God has revealed all this to you, there is no person more discerning than you.' " Consider in this instance how, when the resourceful God wishes to put his decisions into effect, no difficulty can arise from events that occur in the meantime. Witness, for example, the slaughter that nearly occurred, so to say, at the hands of his brothers, the selling, the accusation that led him into the utmost peril, imprisonment for such a long period of time, and how after all this happened to him he was raised, you might almost say, to the royal throne.
But the Chaldaeans and the Medes and Persians, having a somewhat wider knowledge, were instructed by the building of the Tower, and the deluge, and by what happened in the case of Hezekiah and Jonah, and by the Captivity, and by Daniel and the Three …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,....
Now he is abundantly recompensed for the disgrace that had been done him; and his righteousness is as the morning-light, Ps. xxxvii.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| פַּרְעֹה֙ | paroh | Pharaoh | H6547 → | 274 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֨י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| הוֹדִ֧יעַ | hodia' | has made know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֛ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אוֹתְךָ֖ | ʾotkha | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זֹ֑את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| אֵין־ | ʾein- | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| נָב֥וֹן | navon | [is] a discerning [person] | H995 → | |
| וְחָכָ֖ם | vechakham | and a wise [person] | H2450 → | 138 times |
| כָּמֽוֹךָ׃ | kamokha | like you | H3644 → | 143 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
פַּרְעֹה֙Pharaoh
parohH6547 →274 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
אַחֲרֵ֨יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
הוֹדִ֧יעַhas made know
hodia'H3045 →945 times
אֱלֹהִ֛יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אוֹתְךָ֖<obj.> you
ʾotkhaH853 →10935 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
זֹ֑אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
אֵין־there not
ʾein-H369 →789 times
נָב֥וֹן[is] a discerning [person]
navonH995 →
וְחָכָ֖םand a wise [person]
vechakhamH2450 →138 times
כָּמֽוֹךָ׃like you
kamokhaH3644 →143 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 41:16“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Genesis 40:8
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Daniel 2:47
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- Acts 3:12
And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had…
- Numbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
Through
Genesis 41:25At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
it leads to
- Daniel 2:45
And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king…
- Daniel 2:45
Through
Genesis 41:33Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
it leads to
- Acts 6:3
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
- Acts 6:3
Through
Genesis 41:28It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
it leads to
- Genesis 41:25
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
- Genesis 41:25
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 12; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 63.16; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Philoxenus of Mabbug, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity.