Genesis 39:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

From 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.

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  • Gen 30:27 : 27 But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
  • Gen 19:29 : 29 So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham’s request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.
  • 2 Sam 6:11-12 : 11 The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his family. 12 King David was told,“The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.
  • Ps 21:6 : 6 For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.
  • Ps 72:17 : 17 May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
  • Deut 28:3-6 : 3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. 4 Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 39:1-4
    4 verses
    88%

    1 Joseph 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.

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

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

    4 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.

  • Gen 39:6-8
    3 verses
    82%

    6 So 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.

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

    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.

  • 10 and 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
    79%

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

    20 Joseph’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.

    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.

    23 The 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 41:39-41
    3 verses
    79%

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

    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.”

  • Gen 45:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8 So 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.

    9 Now go up to my father quickly and tell him,‘This is what your son Joseph says:“God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay!

    10 You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

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

  • Gen 41:43-44
    2 verses
    76%

    43 Pharaoh 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.

    44 Pharaoh 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.”

  • 46 Now Joseph was 30 years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt.

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

  • Gen 47:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock.”

    7 Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

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

  • 16 with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph’s head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.

  • 6 Now 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.

  • 13 Blessing on Joseph Of Joseph he said: May the LORD bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

  • 15 Then he blessed Joseph and said,“May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked– the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,

  • 11 One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house.

  • Gen 47:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

    12 Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household, according to the number of their little children.

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