Genesis 39:4 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 39:4

Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

KJV

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He made him overseer - הפקיד hiphkid, from פקד pakad, to visit, take care of, superintend; the same as επισκοπος, overseer or bishop, among the Greeks. This is the term by which the Septuagint often express the meaning of the original.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּמְצָ֨א	vai.yim.Tza'	and he found	H4672 →
יוֹסֵ֥ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
חֵ֛ן	chen	favor	H2580 →
בְּעֵינָ֖יו	be.'ei.Nav	in view his	H5869 →
וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת	vay.Sha.ret	and he served	H8334 →
אֹת֑וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
וַיַּפְקִדֵ֙הוּ֙	vai.yaf.ki.De.hu	and he appointed him	H6485 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
בֵּית֔וֹ	bei.To	household his	H1004 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
יֶשׁ־	yesh-	[that] there	H3426 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	[belonged] to <the> him
נָתַ֥ן	na.Tan	he gave	H5414 →
בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	be.ya.Do	in hand his	H3027 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:2–3
  Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- 1 Timothy 4:16
  Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- 1 Timothy 3:2
  An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Through
Proverbs 27:18
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 9:7
  Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- 2 Timothy 2:6
  The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
- Song of Solomon 8:12
  But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.