39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-45)Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich himself and supply the country when it would be dear and scarce. Note, Fair warning should always be followed with good counsel. Therefore the prudent man foresees the evil, that he may hide himself. Go…
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