What does Genesis 39:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewedb him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison."
Verse Genesis 39:21. _THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH_] It is but of little consequence where the lot of a servant of God may be cast; like Joseph he is ever employed for his master, and God honours him and...
- Joseph in Potiphar’s House According to our reckoning, Perez and Zerah were born when Judah was in his twenty-eighth year, and therefore, Joseph in his twenty-fourth. Here, then, we go back seven y...
CHAPTER 39 JOSEPH IN EGYPT _ 1. In Potiphar's house (Genesis 39:1)_ 2. Tempted by Potiphar's wife (Genesis 39:7) 3. Joseph in prison (Genesis 39:19) Potiphar, the master of Joseph, was an officer...
GENESIS 39. JOSEPH REPELS HIS MASTER'S WIFE, AND IS IMPRISONED ON HER FALSE ACCUSATION. This section is from J with touches from E. It is generally agreed that Potiphar. guard is an insertion in Genes...
_But the Lord_, &c. See note on Genesis 39:2. The favour of Jehovah towards Joseph is the cause of Joseph's acceptability with the keeper of the prison. He receives the same degree of confidence in pr...
2. _Joseph as Prisoner in Egypt_ (Genesis 39:1 to Genesis 41:45). 39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh'S, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of t...
_BUT THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH, AND SHEWED HIM MERCY, AND GAVE HIM FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRISON._ The Lord ... gave him favour ... It is highly probable, from the situation of this...
JOSEPH IN THE HOUSE OF POTIPHAR 5. Overseer] rather, 'house-steward.'...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 39 JOSEPH IN POTIPHAR’S HOUSE V1 The Ishmaelites took Joseph to Egypt. Now Potiphar was an Egyptian. He was an officer of *Pharaoh, who was the ki...
וַ יְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶת ־יֹוסֵ֔ף וַ יֵּ֥ט אֵלָ֖יו חָ֑סֶד וַ יִּתֵּ֣ן חִנֹּ֔ו בְּ עֵינֵ֖י...
JOSEPH IN PRISON Genesis 39:1 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life."- James 1:12 DRAMATISTS and novelists, who make it their busines...
JOSEPH FARES WELL IN PRISON Genesis 39:19; Genesis 40:1 These two men remind us of the two thieves crucified beside our Lord; to the one He was a savor of life, to the other of death. Jeremy Taylor s...
Here begins the story of Joseph in Egypt which is so full of interest. Through the malice of his brethren he had been sold into slavery and in such condition we now see him. Here, at the very beginnin...
Keeper. Pererius thinks this was the same Putiphar, who, recognizing the innocence of Joseph, allows him every indulgence in prison; but does not liberate him, for fear of the dishonour and resentment...
Daniel 6:22.-It is a delightful thought, that no bars can shut out the presence of GOD from his people....
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
21._But the Lord was with Joseph_. It appears, from the testimony of the Psalmist just cited, that Joseph’s extreme sufferings were not immediately alleviated. The Lord purposely suffered him to be re...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 THROUGH 41. What follows from chapter 37 is the interesting history of Joseph, to which even children ever yield a ready ear, although ignorant of all the...
AND THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH,.... Comforting him with his presence under his afflictions; supporting him with his right hand; sanctifying all his troubles to him, and so causing him to bear them patie...
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Ver. 21. _But the Lord was with Joseph._] A prison keeps not God from his; witness th...
_Where the king's prisoners were bound_ Potiphar, it is likely, chose that prison because it was the _worst;_ for there “the irons entered into the soul,” Psalms 105:18, but God designed it to pave th...
1 Ioseph aduanced in Potiphars house. 7 Hee resisteth his mistresses temptation. 13 He is falsly accused. 19 Hee is cast in prison. 21 God is with him there. 1 AND Ioseph was brought downe to Egy...
JOSEPH ACCUSED AND IMPRISONED...
THIRD SECTION _Joseph in Potiphar’s house and in prison. His sufferings on account of his virtue, and his apparent destruction._ GENESIS 39:1-23 1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar,...
JOSEPH--A SUFFERER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS How good it is to turn from Judah's sordid history to consider Joseph's history of faithful devotedness to the Lord! The deepest blessing for us in this is of cou...
SHEWED HIM MERCY: _ Heb._ extended kindness unto him...
19-23 Joseph's master believed the accusation. Potiphar, it is likely, chose that prison, because it was the worst; but God designed to open the way to Joseph's honour. Joseph was owned and righted by...
The gaoler, who under Potiphar was the keeper of that particular person....
In Genesis 1:23 Satan uses Potiphar's wife, and in Genesis 1:23 he uses Pharaoh's chief butler. The former he used to put Joseph into the dungeon; and the latter he used to keep him there, through his...
Genesis 39:21 LORD H3068 Joseph H3130 showed H5186 (H8799) mercy H2617 gave H5414 (H8799) favor H2580 sight H5869 keeper H8269 prison H1004 H5470 the Lord - Genesis 39:2, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 49
JOSEPH IS SOLD INTO SLAVERY, RESISTS TEMPTATION AND STRANGELY PROSPERS IN PRISON (GENESIS 39:1). That what now happens to Joseph is in the hands of Yahweh is abundantly made clear (Genesis 38:2; Gene...
CONTENTS: Joseph tested in Egypt in the house of Potiphar. CHARACTERS: Joseph, Potiphar, Potiphar's wife, prison keeper. CONCLUSION: Loyalty to God may bring a believer into serious testings but the...
Genesis 39:1. _Potiphar._ What a providence, that Joseph was bought by a man in whom Pharaoh had placed very much confidence. _Captain of the guard._ He seems to have been a military superintendent of...
_But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison_ JOSEPH IN PRISON A superior man will manifest his superiority in any situation. In...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 39:1 In Egypt, Joseph maintains his integrity by refusing to lie with Potiphar’s wife, which results in his being wrongfully imprisoned. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElement...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 39:22. Keeper of the prison.] An inferior officer who was charged with the actual discipline of the prison. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 39:19_ JOSEPH IN PRI...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 39:7 AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS,—Joseph had by this time been nearly ten years in Potiphar's house (vide Genesis 41:46)—THAT HIS MASTER'S WIFE CAST HER EYES (lasciviou...
Now we get back in chapter thirty-nine to the story again. This is just a little interlude and it is just sort of a parenthetical-kind of a thing thrown in and now we get back to Joseph. Joseph was br...
the Lord. Genesis 39:2 Genesis 21:22 Genesis 49:23 Genesis 49:24 Isaiah 41:10 Isaiah 43:2 Daniel 6:22 Romans 8:31 Romans 8:32 Romans 8:37...
JOSEPH REJECTED BY HIS BRETHREN Genesis 37:20 _-Genesis 39:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we proceed to consider Joseph, as rejected of his brethren, there will be discovered an outline of Christ rejecte...
But the Lord was with Joseph and shewed him mercy. God despiseth not his prisoners, Psalms 69:33. No gates nor bars can shut out his gracious presence from his people. God gave him favour in the sight...