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Genesis 41:38

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38 Und Pharao sprach zu seinen Knechten: Wie könnten wir einen solchen Mann finden, in dem der Geist Gottes sei?

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.

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Genesis 41:38 In-Context

36 auf daß man Speise verordnet finde dem Lande in den sieben teuren Jahren, die über Ägyptenland kommen werden, daß nicht das Land vor Hunger verderbe.
37 Die Rede gefiel Pharao und allen seinen Knechten wohl. {~}
38 Und Pharao sprach zu seinen Knechten: Wie könnten wir einen solchen Mann finden, in dem der Geist Gottes sei?
39 Und sprach zu Joseph: Weil dir Gott solches alles hat kundgetan, ist keiner so verständig und weise wie du.
40 Du sollst über mein Haus sein, und deinem Wort soll all mein Volk gehorsam sein; allein um den königlichen Stuhl will ich höher sein als du.
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