Genesis 41:37
New International Version
The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials.

New Living Translation
Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials.

English Standard Version
This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

Berean Standard Bible
This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.

King James Bible
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

New King James Version
So the advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

New American Standard Bible
Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

NASB 1995
Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

NASB 1977
Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.

Amplified Bible
Now the plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all of his servants.

Christian Standard Bible
The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

American Standard Version
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the answer was excellent in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his Servants.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of all his servants.

Contemporary English Version
The king and his officials liked this plan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.

English Revised Version
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Pharaoh and all his servants liked the idea.

Good News Translation
The king and his officials approved this plan,

International Standard Version
What Joseph proposed pleased Pharaoh and all of his advisors,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Literal Standard Version
And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,

Majority Standard Bible
This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.

New American Bible
This advice pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

NET Bible
This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials.

New Revised Standard Version
The proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.

New Heart English Bible
The proposal was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

World English Bible
The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Young's Literal Translation
And the thing is good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Joseph Given Charge of Egypt
37This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. 38So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”…

Cross References
Genesis 41:36
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine."

Genesis 41:38
So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?"


Treasury of Scripture

And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

the thing.

Psalm 105:19
Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

good.

Joshua 22:30
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.

2 Samuel 3:36
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

1 Kings 21:2
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

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Genesis 41
1. Pharaoh has two dreams.
9. Joseph interprets them.
33. He gives Pharaoh counsel, and is highly advanced, and married.
46. The seven years of plenty.
50. He begets children.
53. The famine begins.














Verses 37, 38. - And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. The advice tendered recommended itself to the-king and his ministers. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? The Ruach Elohim, as understood by Pharaoh, meant the sagacity and intelligence of a deity (cf. Numbers 27:18; Job 32:8; Proverbs 2:6; Daniel 4:8, 18; Daniel 5:11, 14; Daniel 6:3).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This proposal
הַדָּבָ֖ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

pleased
וַיִּיטַ֥ב (way·yî·ṭaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

Pharaoh
פַרְעֹ֑ה (p̄ar·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his officials.
עֲבָדָֽיו׃ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant


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