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Genesis 41:38

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,.... He continued speaking to him for the greater confirmation of what he had said, and for further explanation of it:

see, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 41:1-57

- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû, “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

In whom the Spirit of God is? - רוח אלהים ruach Elohim, the identical words used Gen 1:2; and certainly to be understood here as in the preceding place. If the Egyptians were idolaters, they…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 41:33-45

Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 41:38-46

Joseph as Grand Vizier

38. such a one as this Pharaoh and his servants are represented as discerning in Joseph the supreme gifts of one who combined the supernatural power of interpreting dreams with…