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Genesis Chapter 47 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 47:25

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
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BBE Genesis 47:25

And 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.
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DARBY Genesis 47:25

And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.
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KJV 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.
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WBT 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.
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WEB Genesis 47:25

They said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants."
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YLT Genesis 47:25

And they say, `Thou hast revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - And they said, Thou hast saved our lives (literally, thou hast kept us alive): let us find grace in the sight of my lord (i.e. let us have the land on these favorable terms), and we will be Pharaoh's servants. "That a sort of feudal service is here intended - the service of free laborers, not bondmen - we may learn from the relationship of the Israelites to God, which was formed after the plan of this Egyptian model" (Gerlach).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Thou hast saved our lives.--The people were more than satisfied with Joseph's regulations; and if he had made them dependent upon the Pharaoh, apparently he had broken the yoke of the smaller lords, the hereditary princes of the districts into which Egypt was parcelled out; and they were more likely to be well-treated by the ruler of the whole land than by men of inferior rank. On these hereditary principalities at the period of the twelfth dynasty, see Maspero, Hist. Anc, p. 121.