Genesis 41:38

38 Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this in whom is the spirit of God?"

Genesis 41:38 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:38

And Pharaoh said unto his servants
That were about him, and with whom he was consulting about a proper person to be over this affair of gathering in the fruits of the earth in the time of plenty, and laying them up against a time of famine: can we find [such an one] as this [is], in whom the Spirit of God
[is]?
if we search among all the ranks and degrees of men throughout the kingdom, let them be of what character they will, we shall never find a man like this, who appears to have the Spirit of God, or "of the gods", as he in his Heathenish way spoke, and which he concluded from his vast knowledge of things; and especially of things future: hence the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan interpret it, the spirit of prophecy from the Lord.

Genesis 41:38 In-Context

36 Then the food shall be as a deposit for the land for the seven years of the famine that will be in the land of Egypt, that the land will not perish on account of the famine."

37 And the plan was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this in whom is the spirit of God?"

39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all of this known to you there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

40 You shall be over my house, and to your word all my people shall submit. Only [with respect to] the throne will I be greater than you."