2And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here is, I. Joseph bought (Gen. 39:1), and he that bought him, whatever he gave for him, had a good bargain of him; it was better than the merchandise of silver. The Jews have a proverb, “If the world did not know the worth of good men, they would hedge them about with pearls.” He was sold to an officer of Pharaoh, with whom he might get acquainted with public persons and public business, and so b…
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