Genesis 42:6
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Overview - Genesis 42 | |
1 | Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. |
16 | They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. |
18 | They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. |
21 | They have remorse for Joseph. |
24 | Simeon is kept for a pledge. |
25 | They return with corn, and their money. |
29 | Their relation to Jacob. |
36 | Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. |
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Genesis 42:6 (King James Version)
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- governor
- {Shallit,} an intendant, protector, ruler, from {shalat,} to be over or a protector, to rule: hence the Arabic {salita,} to obtain and exercise dominion, rule; and {sultn,} ruler, lord, prince, and king.
- Genesis 41:40 Genesis 41:41 Genesis 45:8 Genesis 45:26 Psalms 105:16-21 ; Acts 7:10
- he it was
- Genesis 41:55 Genesis 41:56
- bowed
- 18:2 19:1 Genesis 37:7 Genesis 37:9 44:14 Revelation 3:9