Genesis 41:37-47

37 The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.
38 So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God[a] ?”
39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.
40 You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

41 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”
42 Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.
43 He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,[b] and people shouted before him, “Make way[c] !” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.”
45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,[d] to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt.
47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully.

Cross References 24

  • 1. Genesis 45:16; Esther 2:4; Isaiah 19:11
  • 2. Numbers 27:18; Deuteronomy 34:9; Job 32:8; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 4:8-9,18; Daniel 5:11,14
  • 3. Daniel 2:11; Daniel 5:11
  • 4. ver 33
  • 5. 1 Kings 4:6; 2 Kings 15:5; Isaiah 22:15; Isaiah 36:3
  • 6. S Genesis 39:9; Psalms 105:21-22; Acts 7:10
  • 7. Esther 10:3
  • 8. ver 43,55; Genesis 42:6; Genesis 45:8,13,26; Esther 8:2; Jeremiah 40:7; Daniel 6:3
  • 9. S Genesis 24:22; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:2,8
  • 10. 1 Samuel 17:38; 1 Samuel 18:4; 1 Kings 19:19; Esther 6:8,11; Daniel 5:29; Zechariah 3:4
  • 11. Exodus 25:4; Esther 8:15; Daniel 5:29
  • 12. Psalms 73:6; Song of Songs 4:9; Isaiah 3:18; Ezekiel 16:11; Da 5:7,16,29
  • 13. Genesis 46:29; Genesis 50:9; Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 22:18
  • 14. Esther 10:3
  • 15. Esther 6:9
  • 16. S ver 41
  • 17. S Genesis 37:8; Esther 10:2; Psalms 105:22
  • 18. Esther 2:7
  • 19. Exodus 2:16
  • 20. Ezekiel 30:17
  • 21. ver 50; Genesis 46:20,27
  • 22. S Genesis 37:2
  • 23. 1 Samuel 8:11; 1 Samuel 16:21; Proverbs 22:29; Daniel 1:19
  • 24. ver 29

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or "of the gods"
  • [b]. Or "in the chariot of his second-in-command" ; or "in his second chariot"
  • [c]. Or "Bow down"
  • [d]. That is, Heliopolis; also in verse 50
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