Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” So it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.
Parallel translations
- WEB The report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
- KJV And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
- BSB When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
- NASB Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.
- NLT The news soon reached Pharaoh’s palace: “Joseph’s brothers have arrived!” Pharaoh and his officials were all delighted to hear this.
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Quick answer
News that Joseph's brothers have come pleases Pharaoh and his servants. The Egyptian court welcomes the family Joseph loves.
Overview
Word reaches Pharaoh's house, and the report gladdens both king and courtiers. Their pleasure reflects the high regard in which Joseph is held. Pharaoh's goodwill toward Joseph's family becomes the channel through which God provides them a home in Egypt.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Deut 1:33who went before you on the way, to seek out a place for you to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.
- 2 Sam 3:36All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
- 2 Chr 30:4The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
- Esth 2:4and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
- Esth 5:14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
- Esth 1:21This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
- Acts 7:13On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.
- Acts 6:5These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;
- Gen 34:18Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
- Gen 20:15Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”
- Gen 16:6But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
- Gen 41:33“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
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