Genesis 47:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.””
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““You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 47:25 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:19And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
- Genesis 18:3“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
- Genesis 32:6When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
- Genesis 33:15“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
- Genesis 41:45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:6For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
- Genesis 50:20As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- Ruth 2:13“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
- Proverbs 11:26The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
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