and said, ‘My lord, if I have found favour with you, please do not go on past your servant.
Genesis 47:25 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘You have saved our lives,’ they said. ‘We have found favour with our lord and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. 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. 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. Common English Bible The people said, “You’ve saved our lives. If you wish, we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.” 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." 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. |
and said, ‘My lord, if I have found favour with you, please do not go on past your servant.
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, ‘We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you #– #and he has four hundred men with him.’
Esau said, ‘Let me leave some of my people with you.’ But he replied, ‘Why do that? Please indulge me, my lord.’
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife, Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.’
So Joseph made it a law, still in effect today in the land of Egypt, that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result #– #the survival of many people.
You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
‘My lord,’ she said, ‘I have found favour with you, for you have comforted and encouraged your servant, although I am not like one of your female servants.’