Genesis 41:16-25
16Joseph answered Pharaoh, a“It is not in me; bGod will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” ▼▼Or (compare Samaritan, Septuagint) Without God it is not possible to give Pharaoh an answer about his welfare
17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, din my dream I was standing on the banks of the Nile. 18Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass. 19Seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt. 20And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows, 21but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke. 22I also saw in my dream seven ears growing on one stalk, full and good. 23Seven ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them, 24and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And eI told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.” 25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; fGod has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:38-39
38And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, gin whom is the Spirit of God?” ▼▼Or of the gods
39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are. 2 Kings 6:9-10
9But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there.” 10And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.Psalms 25:14
14 iThe friendship ▼▼Or The secret counsel
of the Lord is for those who fear him,and he makes known to them his covenant.
Daniel 2:30
30But kas for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that lyou may know the thoughts of your mind.Acts 27:21-26
21Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, myou should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this ninjury and loss. 22Yet now I urge you to otake heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. 23For this very night pthere qstood before me ran angel of the God sto whom I belong and twhom I worship, 24and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; uyou must stand before Caesar. And behold, vGod has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told. 26But wwe must xrun aground on some island.”Acts 27:31
31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”Acts 27:34
34Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, ▼▼Or For it is for your deliverance
for znot a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.”
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