Genesis 41:38

38 So Pharaoh asked his servants, "Can we find anyone like this--a man who has God's Spirit in him?"

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 This food will be a reserve supply for our country during the seven years of famine that will happen in Egypt. Then the land will not be ruined by the famine."

37 Pharaoh and all his servants liked the idea.

38 So Pharaoh asked his servants, "Can we find anyone like this--a man who has God's Spirit in him?"

39 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has let you know all this, there is no one as wise and intelligent as you.

40 You will be in charge of my palace, and all my people will do what you say. I will be more important than you, only because I'm Pharaoh."