Genesis 39:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.

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  • Gen 19:19 : 19 Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.
  • Gen 24:2 : 2 Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh
  • Gen 18:3 : 3 He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.
  • Gen 33:10 : 10 “No, please take them,” Jacob said.“If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.
  • Gen 39:8 : 8 But he refused, saying to his master’s wife,“Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.
  • Gen 39:21-22 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. 22 The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.
  • Gen 41:40-41 : 40 You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you. 41 “See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”
  • 1 Sam 16:22 : 22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying,“Let David be my servant, for I really like him.”
  • Neh 2:4-5 : 4 The king responded,“What is it you are seeking?” Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven 5 and said to the king,“If the king is so inclined and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it.”
  • Prov 14:35 : 35 The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
  • Prov 22:29 : 29 You have seen a person skilled in his work– he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • Gen 15:2 : 2 But Abram said,“O Sovereign LORD, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  • Gen 32:5 : 5 I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
  • Gen 33:8 : 8 Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 39:5-8
    4 verses
    88%

    5From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

    6So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking.

    7Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said,“Come to bed with me.”

    8But he refused, saying to his master’s wife,“Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care.

  • Gen 39:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

    2The LORD was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.

    3His master observed that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he was doing successful.

  • Acts 7:10
    82%

    10and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

  • Gen 39:19-23
    5 verses
    80%

    19When his master heard his wife say,“This is the way your slave treated me,” he became furious.

    20Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

    21But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.

    22The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.

    23The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the LORD was with him and whatever he was doing the LORD was making successful.

  • Gen 41:39-44
    6 verses
    78%

    39So Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!

    40You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.

    41“See here,” Pharaoh said to Joseph,“I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt.”

    42Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

    43Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him,“Kneel down!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

    44Pharaoh also said to Joseph,“I am Pharaoh, but without your permission no one will move his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.”

  • Ps 105:21
    76%

    21He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property,

  • Gen 47:25
    76%

    25They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

  • Gen 45:8
    74%

    8So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 41:37
    74%

    37This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.

  • Gen 42:6
    73%

    6Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

  • Gen 45:16
    73%

    16Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh,“Joseph’s brothers have arrived.” It pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

  • Gen 40:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

    4The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody.

  • Gen 43:17
    73%

    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Ps 105:17
    72%

    17He sent a man ahead of them– Joseph was sold as a servant.

  • Gen 50:4
    72%

    4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court,“If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,

  • Gen 37:36
    72%

    36Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.