Genesis 41:37-39

41:37 This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials. 41:38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?” 41:39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!


tn Heb “and the matter was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.”

tn Heb “like this,” but the referent could be misunderstood to be a man like that described by Joseph in v. 33, rather than Joseph himself. For this reason the proper name “Joseph” has been supplied in the translation.

tn The rhetorical question expects the answer “No, of course not!”

tn Heb “as discerning and wise.” The order has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.