Genesis 41:33
Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium, et præficiat eum terræ Ægypti :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- νῦν οὖν σκέψαι ἄνθρωπον φρόνιμον καὶ συνετόν, καὶ κατάστησον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Αἰγύπτου·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעַתָּה֙ יֵרֶ֣א פַרְעֹ֔ה אִ֖ישׁ נָב֣וֹן וְחָכָ֑ם וִישִׁיתֵ֖הוּ עַל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
The Fathers on this verse
St Ambrose On the Duties of the Clergy, Chapter XI. A third element which tends to gain any one's confidence is shown to have been conspicuous in Moses, Daniel, and Joseph
59. And what, again, shall I say of the chastity and justice of Joseph, whom I had almost passed by, whereby on the one hand he rejected the allurements of his mistress and refused rewards, on the other he mocked at death, repressed his fear, and chose a prison? Who would not consider him a fit person to give advice in a private case, whose fruitful spirit and fertile mind enriched the barrenness of the time with the wealth of his counsels and heart?