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John Wesley, Notes On the New Testament (1755):
No comment on this verse.
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The Fourfold Gospel:
No comment on this verse.
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* therefore. Da 4:27
* look out. Ex 18:19-22; De 1:13; Ac 6:3
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
No comment on this verse.
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William Burkitt's Notes:
No comment on this verse.
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Family Bible Notes:
The fact that men are dependent on God does
not supersede the necessity, on their part, of wisdom and discretion;
and those who have most of these qualities, will be most likely to be
successful.
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
The office of a true prophet is not only to
show the evils to come, but also the remedies for the same.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
No comment on this verse.
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
No comment on this verse.
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
The explanation given, when the key to the
dreams was supplied, appears to have been satisfactory to the king and
his courtiers; and we may suppose that much and anxious conversation
arose, in the course of which Joseph might have been asked whether he
had anything further to say. No doubt the providence of God provided the
opportunity of his suggesting what was necessary.
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Spurgeon Devotional
Commentary:
Here was practical wisdom. This is
what we should seek of God. Knowledge is of little service unless it be
prudently utilized. To be anxiously careful for the future is wrong, but
provident prudence is so evidently a virtue, that we wonder any should
question it.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
As it is impossible that Joseph could
have foreseen his own elevation, consequently he gave this advice
without any reference to himself. The counsel therefore was either
immediately inspired by God, or was dictated by policy, prudence, and
sound sense.
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Matthew Henry Concise Commentary:
Joseph
gave good advice to Pharaoh. Fair warning should always be followed by
good counsel. God has in his word told us of a day of trial before us,
when we shall need all the grace we can have. Now, therefore, provide
accordingly. Pharaoh gave Joseph an honourable testimony. He is a man in
whom the spirit of God is; and such men ought to be valued. Pharaoh puts
upon Joseph marks of honour. He gave him such a name as spoke the value
he had for him, Zaphnath-paaneah, "a revealer of secrets." This
preferment of Joseph encourages all to trust in God. Some translate
Joseph's new name, "the saviour of the world." The brightest glories,
even of the upper world, are put upon Christ, the highest trust lodged
in his hand, and all power given him, both in heaven and earth.
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