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Genesis 47:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

They said, “You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be slaves to Pharaoh.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And they said, You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord; and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Common English Bible

The people said, “You’ve saved our lives. If you wish, we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

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Catholic Public Domain Version

And they responded: "Our health is in your hand; only let our lord look kindly upon us, and we will serve the king with gladness."

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they answered: Our life is in thy hand. Only let my lord look favourably upon us, and we will gladly serve the king.

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Genesis 47:25
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He said, “My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant.


The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”


So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “Why should my lord be so kind to me?”


Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. Thus Joseph gained authority over the land of Egypt.


And at the harvests you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households and as food for your little ones.”


So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. The land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.


Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.


And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.


Then she said, “May I continue to find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, even though I am not one of your servants.”