And Pharaoh said unto his servants,.... That were about him, and with whom he was consulting about a proper person to be over this affair of gathering in the fruits of the earth in the time of plenty, and laying them up against a time of famine:can we find [such an one] as this [is], in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
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Genesis 41:38
Genesis 41:38
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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