And 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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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord was with Joseph,.... Blessing him with his gracious presence, with discoveries of his love, and communion with himself, though destitute of the means of grace and ordinances of worship he…
- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven…
Here is, I. Joseph bought (Gen 39:1), and he that bought him, whatever he gave for him, had a good bargain of him; it was better than the merchandise of silver. The Jews have a proverb, "If the world…
Cambridge Bible
the Lord was with Joseph This is the motifof the whole section. Jehovah stands by Joseph whether in trouble or in prosperity, in good report or in evil; cf. Gen 39:39; Gen 39:39; Gen 39:39; Gen 39:39.…
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