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Genesis 41:39

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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
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  1. Genesis 41:28Rank 1 from verse 39
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    28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

  2. Genesis 41:33Rank 2 from verse 39
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    33Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

  3. Genesis 41:25Rank 3 from verse 39
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    25¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

  4. Genesis 41:16Rank 4 from verse 39
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    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

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Genesis 41:39

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Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

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shewed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of show (to reveal, declare, display, or make known).

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wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

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41:37¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

41:38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

41:39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

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41:40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

41:41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

41:42And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

41:43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

41:44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

41:45And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

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