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Genesis 39:21
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Genesis 39:21
21¶ But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
21¶ But the LORD was with Ioseph, and †shewed him mercie, and gaue him fauour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Heb. extended kindnes vnto him.
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Genesis 39:21
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To show: to reveal, declare, display, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Kind regard, approval, goodwill, or a gracious disposition shown toward another.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The act or power of seeing; something seen; a view, appearance, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A place of confinement; as a verb, to confine.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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Open the full verse study21And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
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Open the full verse study17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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Open the full verse study9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
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Open the full verse study2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
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Open the full verse study14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
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Open the full verse study9Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
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Open the full verse study3And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
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Open the full verse study36And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
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Open the full verse study22¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
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Open the full verse study2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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Open the full verse study19Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
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Open the full verse study31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
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Open the full verse study13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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Open the full verse study3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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Open the full verse study7When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Open the full verse study22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
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Open the full verse study23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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Open the full verse study46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
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Open the full verse study37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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Open the full verse study22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
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