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Genesis 39

Gen. 39:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
was with Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
, and θshowed
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
him mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
, and gave
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
himx favor
chen (Hebrew #2580)
graciousness, i.e. subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
KJV usage: favour, grace(-ious), pleasant, precious, (well-)favoured.
Pronounce: khane
Origin: from 2603
in the sight
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of the keeper
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of the prison
cohar (Hebrew #5470)
a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)
KJV usage: prison.
Pronounce: so'-har
Origin: from the same as 5469
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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extended kindness unto him.
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Ex. 12:36• 36And Jehovah had given the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they gave to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians. (Ex. 12:36)
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Psa. 106:46• 46And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives. (Psa. 106:46)
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Prov. 16:7• 7When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Prov. 16:7)
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Dan. 1:9• 9And God granted Daniel favour and mercy before the prince of the eunuchs. (Dan. 1:9)
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Acts 7:10• 10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house. (Acts 7:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Lord.
Gen. 39:2• 2And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. (Gen. 39:2)
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Gen. 21:22• 22And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, and Phichol the captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. (Gen. 21:22)
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Gen. 49:23‑24• 23The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;
 24But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel: (Gen. 49:23‑24)
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Isa. 41:10• 10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isa. 41:10)
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Isa. 43:2• 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isa. 43:2)
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Dan. 6:22• 22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocence was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. (Dan. 6:22)
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Rom. 8:31‑32,37• 31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who against us?
 32He who, yea, has not spared his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him grant us all things?
 37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us. (Rom. 8:31‑32,37)
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1 Peter 3:13‑14,17• 13And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which is good?
 14But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;
 17For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers; (1 Peter 3:13‑14,17)
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1 Peter 4:14‑16• 14If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
 15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
 16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:14‑16)
shewed him mercy.
Heb. extended kindness unto him.
gavehim.
Gen. 40:3• 3and he put them in custody into the house of the captain of the life-guard, into the tower-house, into the place where Joseph was imprisoned. (Gen. 40:3)
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Ex. 3:21• 21And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass, when ye go out, that ye shall not go out empty; (Ex. 3:21)
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Ex. 11:3• 3And Jehovah gave the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt--in the eyes of Pharaoh's bondmen, and in the eyes of the people. (Ex. 11:3)
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Ex. 12:36• 36And Jehovah had given the people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they gave to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians. (Ex. 12:36)
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Psa. 105:19,22• 19Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
 22To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom. (Psa. 105:19,22)
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Psa. 106:46• 46And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives. (Psa. 106:46)
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Prov. 16:7• 7When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Prov. 16:7)
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Dan. 1:9• 9And God granted Daniel favour and mercy before the prince of the eunuchs. (Dan. 1:9)
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Acts 7:9‑10• 9And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
 10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house. (Acts 7:9‑10)
• Never had his master a slave so efficient and prosperous. Never had chief of the tower-house such a prisoner. Which of the king's grandees in disgrace had ever so won his confidence? In both cases the secret of all was that Jehovah was with Joseph. (“Joseph: 6. Blessed in the Tower House” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.