KJV King James Version
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 41:43
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and causeth him to ride in the second chariot which he hath, and they proclaim before him, ‘Bow the knee!’ and—to put him over all the land of Egypt.
Surrounding context — Genesis 41
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
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וַיַּרְכֵּ֣בH7392 · ra.khavto rideאֹת֗וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בְּמִרְכֶּ֤בֶתH4818 · mer.ka.vahchariotהַמִּשְׁנֶה֙H4932 · mish.nehSecond [Quarter]אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichל֔וֹH9033 · ohimוַיִּקְרְא֥וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלְפָנָ֖יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאַבְרֵ֑ךְH86 · av.rekhto bowוְנָת֣וֹןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עַ֖לH5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Acts 7:10And 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.Genesis 45:8So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.Genesis 45:26And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.Genesis 42:33And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:Genesis 42:30The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;Genesis 42:6And 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.Esther 6:8-9Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
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