◄ Genesis 41:44 ►
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Good News Translation
The king said to him, "I am the king--and no one in all Egypt shall so much as lift a hand or a foot without your permission."

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

Contemporary English Version
The king told Joseph, "Although I'm king, no one in Egypt is to do anything without your permission."

New American Bible
“I am Pharaoh,” he told Joseph, “but without your approval no one shall lift hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao: without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao: without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

lift up his hand.

Exodus 11:7 But with all the children of Israel there shall not a dog make the least noise, from man even to beast; that you may know how wonderful a difference the Lord maketh between the Egyptians and Israel.

Context
Joseph Given Charge of Egypt
…43And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt. 44And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao: without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.45And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue the saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt.…
Cross References
Genesis 41:43
And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt.

Esther 10:3
And how Mardochai of the race of the Jews, was next after king Assuerus: and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking those things which were for the welfare of his seed.

Psalm 105:22
That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.

Genesis 41:43
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