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Genesis 42:6

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

KJV

Et Joseph erat princeps in terra Ægypti, atque ad ejus nutum frumenta populis vendebantur. Cumque adorassent eum fratres sui,

Vulgate

Ἰωσὴφ δὲ ἦν ἄρχων τῆς γῆς, οὗτος ἐπώλει παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς· ἐλθόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

LXX

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

ASV

וְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף ה֚וּא הַ/שַּׁלִּ֣יט עַל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ ה֥וּא הַ/מַּשְׁבִּ֖יר לְ/כָל עַ֣ם הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֲחֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף וַ/יִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ ל֥/וֹ אַפַּ֖יִם אָֽרְצָ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁבָּר
shbr
verb · 21×
שַׁלִּיטִ֔ים
shlytym
adjective · 4×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:10 — And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
  • Gen 30:24 — And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
  • Gen 33:3 — And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
  • Gen 37:7 — For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
  • Gen 41:41 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 41:56 — And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
  • Gen 43:26 — And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
  • Gen 48:12 — And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
  • Gen 50:18 — And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
  • Prov 11:26 — He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
  • Prov 14:19 — The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
  • Prov 19:6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.