Genesis 47 · Verse 25

Genesis 47:25

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.
Genesis 47:25, King James Version

Genesis 47:25 in other translations

BSB“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
WEBThey said, “You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
ASVAnd they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.
YLTAnd they say, ‘Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'
DARBYAnd they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.
BBEAnd they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
WebsterAnd they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

What does Genesis 47:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 47:23-28

23-28. Joseph said, Behold, &c.--The lands being sold to the government (Ge 47:19, 20), seed would be distributed for the first crop after the famine; and the people would occupy them as tenants-at-will on the payment of a produce rent, almost the same rule as obtains in Egypt in the present day.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 47:13-26

Care being taken of Jacob and his family, which mercy was especially designed by Providence in Joseph's advancement, an account is given of the saving the kingdom of Egypt from ruin. There was no bread, and the people were ready to die. See how we depend upon God's providence. All our wealth would not keep us from starving, if rain were withheld for two or three years. See how much we are at God's mercy, and let us…

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Genesis 47:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּhe.che.yi.Ta.nuyou have preserved alive usH2421
נִמְצָא\־nim.tza'-may we findH4672
חֵן֙chenfavorH2580
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
אֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.Nilord myH113
וְהָיִ֥ינוּve.ha.Yi.nuand we will beH1961
עֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimslavesH5650
לְפַרְעֹֽה\׃le.far.'Ohof PharaohH6547

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 47:25

  • Genesis 33:15

    And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

  • Proverbs 11:26-27

    He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

  • Genesis 41:45

    And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 50:20

    But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

  • Genesis 45:6-8

    For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So 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.

  • Ruth 2:13

    Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

  • Genesis 6:19

    And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

  • Genesis 18:3

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

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Thou hast.
6:19; 41:45; *marg:
45:6-8; 50:20; Pr 11:26,27
let us.
18:3; 33:15; Ru 2:13

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Context

  • Genesis 47:24

    And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

  • Genesis 47:25

    And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.

  • Genesis 47:26

    And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh’s.

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Genesis 47:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ellos respondieron: La vida nos has dado: hallemos gracia en ojos de mi señor, y seamos siervos de Faraón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils dirent: Tu nous as conservé la vie; que nous trouvions grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur, et nous serons serviteurs du Pharaon.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sprachen: Du hast uns am Leben erhalten; möchten wir Gnade finden in den Augen meines Herrn, so wollen wir des Pharao Knechte sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui responderunt: Salus nostra in manu tua est: respiciat nos tantum dominus noster, et læti serviemus regi.