Genesis 39:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

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  • Gen 19:19 : 19 See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;
  • Gen 24:2 : 2 And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:
  • Gen 18:3 : 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:
  • Gen 33:10 : 10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;
  • Gen 39:21-22 : 21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend. 22 And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.
  • Gen 41:40-41 : 40 You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you. 41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Sam 16:22 : 22 And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
  • Neh 2:4-5 : 4 Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.
  • Prov 14:35 : 35 The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.
  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
  • Gen 32:5 : 5 And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.
  • Gen 33:8 : 8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

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  • Gen 39:5-8
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    5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

    6 And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.

    7 And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

    8 But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

  • Gen 39:1-3
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    1 Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

    2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

    3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.

  • Acts 7:10
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    10 And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 39:19-23
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    19 And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

    20 And Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, in the place where the king's prisoners were kept in chains, and he was there in the prison-house.

    21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

    22 And the keeper of the prison put all the prisoners under Joseph's control, and he was responsible for whatever was done there.

    23 And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

  • Gen 41:39-44
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    39 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Seeing that God has made all this clear to you, there is no other man of such wisdom and good sense as you:

    40 You, then, are to be over my house, and all my people will be ruled by your word: only as king will I be greater than you.

    41 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

    42 Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and he had him clothed with the best linen, and put a chain of gold round his neck;

    43 And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.

  • Ps 105:21
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    21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;

  • Gen 47:25
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    25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

  • Gen 45:8
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    8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:37
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    37 And this seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

  • Gen 42:6
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    6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

  • Gen 45:16
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    16 And news of these things went through Pharaoh's house, and it was said that Joseph's brothers were come; and it seemed good to Pharaoh and his servants.

  • Gen 40:3-4
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    3 And he put them in prison under the care of the captain of the army, in the same prison where Joseph himself was shut up.

    4 And the captain put them in Joseph's care, and he did what was needed for them; and they were kept in prison for some time.

  • Gen 43:17
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    17 Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

  • Ps 105:17
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    17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

  • Gen 50:4
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    4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

  • Gen 37:36
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    36 And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.