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Genesis 47:25

“And they said, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.”

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And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
- King James Version

So they said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
- Basic English Bible

And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.
- Darby Bible

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
- Webster's Bible

They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
- World English Bible

And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'
- Youngs Literal Bible

And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives. Let us find favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

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Discussion for Genesis 47

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  • 10 years Ago
    Mark Nyondo
    Very encouraging indeed to all christians.The grace of GOD that Joseph possesed made the pharoah to favour and acknowledge and appoint him as governer and accept his family in Egypt. Hence it is the Grace that makes us whom we are and how we serve GOD. With less power we receive miracles according to our understanding of the word. For example in a classroom, same teacher,same chalk,same black board,same desks and same headteacher but we get different results, and different careers.AMEN!!!!
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  • 11 years Ago
    Timothy Wayne George
    Joseph is given wisdom from God how to provide for his people when the money failed. How many people worry today about not having enough money, and we too have to trust in the Lord with all our hearts, and lean not to our understanding, but in all our ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct our path. Our God shall provide all our needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Joseph gives a principle for how government shall collect taxes from the people which is twenty percent, and the priest should be exempt. Joseph is concerned to see that his father's request for burial is honored which tells us the respect that he has for the elderly. The bible tells us if any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all men freely, yet we must ask in faith, for the just shall live by faith. The same wisdom that was given to Joseph, is there for us if we will just ask of God, and believe that he is able to provide for us the wisdom that we need for every situation in life.
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  • 12 years Ago
    ABUTU JOSHUA for verse 8
    IS IT THE NORMAL CUSTOM OF THE EGYPTIAN TO ASK THEIR FIRST TIME VISITOR THEIR AGE? AN OLD MAN FOR THAT MATTER.
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  • 12 years Ago
    Doris Early
    Looks like Joseph was the first economist. He exchanged (bartered) bread for their cattle...the money had failed. SOUND FAMILAR
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  • 13 years Ago
    RALPH M. WATERS
    And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

    I love this verse, because it shows RESPECT for the elderly.

    Todays's world have people thinking its, MONEY and POSITION, that deems respect.

    We as a people have gotten so off tract from what GOD'S WORD is and has instructed, its sad.

    We can't choose part of GOD's WORD and call ourselves CHRISTIANS - For it is better not to know GODs WORD then to turn from it.

    NOW I have ministered GOD's WORD to you about the elderly.
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  • 13 years Ago
    James W. Stark for verse 21
    Pharaoh's were not yet self-deemed as a god or a deity. Refer to Genesis 41 and Pharaoh's dreams where he needed others to interpret his dream. Again in Verses 37 - 38, Pharaoh does not even infer to himself as a deity. He acknowledges that there is a God to whom Joseph relied for wisdom.

    It isn't until after 47:21 that Pharaoh becomes lord and sovereign over all of Egypt, its lands, its agriculture, its people become servants OWNED by Pharaoh. It is at this point in history that Egyptian Pharaoh's begin to view themselves as and set themselves up as deities.

    How do we know this? The Bible tells us by giving us enough hints. We need to study the Bible as history, not a series of stories.
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