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Genesis 41:16

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16Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “1aIt is not in me; bGod will 2answer concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit Apart from me
  2. 2Lit answer the peace of Pharaoh

Cross references

  1. aDan 2:30; Zech 4:6; Acts 3:12; 2 Cor 3:5
  2. bGen 40:8; 41:25, 28, 32; Deut 29:29; Dan 2:22, 28, 47

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I am not able to,” Joseph answered Pharaoh. “It is God who will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Joseph answered Pharaoh saying, “It is not in my power; God will answer concerning the well-being of Pharaoh.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.