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The proposalהַדָּבָרseemed goodוַיִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Pharaohפַרְעֹהand in the eyesוּבְעֵינֵיof allכָּלhis servants.עֲבָדָיו
Genesis 41:37
Study it in the app“The proposal seemed good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 41:37, word by word
- The proposalדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- seemed goodיִּיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears
The context
36The food will be a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine that will be in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not be cut off by the famine.”
37 · This verse (above)
38Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find anyone like this, a man in whom is the spirit of Elohim?”
To study Genesis 41 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pharaoh dream, and what plan did Joseph propose (vv. 1-7, 33-36)?
2. What it means
Why did Pharaoh recognize that the spirit of Elohim was in Joseph (v. 38)?
3. How I live it
What can you wisely prepare today for hard times that might come?