Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials.
Parallel translations
- WEB The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
- KJV And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
- BSB This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.
- NKJV So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.
- NASB Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh and all his servants approve of Joseph's plan.
Overview
The counsel commends itself to Pharaoh and his court as good and wise. God grants Joseph favor in the eyes of Egypt's leaders. The Lord opens the way for His servant's exaltation.
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Cross-references · 7
- Acts 7:10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
- 2 Sam 3:36All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
- Josh 22:30When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
- 1 Kgs 21:2Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”
- Ps 105:19until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
- Prov 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Prov 10:20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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