Genesis 39:23
Neither did he himself know any thing, having committed all things to him: for the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nec noverat aliquid, cunctis ei creditis : Dominus enim erat cum illo, et omnia opera ejus dirigebat.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οὐκ ἦν ὁ ἀρχιδεσμοφύλαξ γινώσκων δι᾽ αὐτὸν οὐθέν· πάντα γὰρ ἦν διὰ χειρὸς Ἰωσήφ, διὰ τὸ τὸν κύριον μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἶναι· καὶ ὅσα αὐτὸς ἐποίει, Κύριος εὐοδοῖ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֵ֣ין שַׂ֣ר בֵּית הַסֹּ֗הַר רֹאֶ֤ה אֶֽת כָּל מְא֨וּמָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אִתּ֑וֹ וַֽאֲשֶׁר ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה מַצְלִֽיחַ
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book III
8. A. We must use the words of Scripture not as you propose, but as truth and reason demand. Jacob says in his prayer, “If the Lord God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God, and this stone, which I have set up for a token, shall be God’s house; and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.” He did not say, If thou preserve my free choice, and I gain by my toil food and raiment, and return to my father’s house. He refers everything to the will of God, that he may be found worthy to receive that for which he prays. On Jacob’s return from Mesopotamia an army of angels met him, who are called God’s camp. …