Genesis 39:4 Cross References - Bishops

⁴ And Ioseph founde grace in his maisters syght, and serued hym: And he made hym ouerseer of his house, & put all that he had in his hande

² And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco

³ And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt

¹⁹ Beholde thy seruaunt hath founde grace in thy syght, and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauyng my lyfe: Beholde I can not be saued in the mountayne, lest some harme fall vppon me, and I dye

² And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaut of his house, whiche had the rule ouer all that he had: put thy hande vnder my thigh

⁵ And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe [it] my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight

⁸ And he sayde: what is all the droue whiche I met? He aunswered: that I may finde grace in the sight of my lorde

¹⁰ And Iacob answered: Nay I pray thee, but if I haue founde grace in thy sight, receaue I pray thee my present of my hande: for I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God, and so thou hast receaued me to grace

⁸ But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande

²¹ But the Lord was with Ioseph, and shewed hym mercie, and got hym fauour in the sight of the lord of the prison ²² And the keper of the prison committed to Iosephes hande all the prisoners that were in the prison house, and what so euer was done there, that dyd he

⁴⁰ Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordyng to thy worde shall all my people be ruled: only in the [kynges] seate wyll I be aboue thee ⁴¹ And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue set thee ouer all the lande of Egypt

²² And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let Dauid nowe remaine with me, for he hath founde fauour in my sight

⁴ And the king sayde vnto me: What is then thy request? I made my prayer also to the God of heauen ⁵ And sayd vnto the king: If it please the king, and if thy seruaunt haue founde fauour in thy sight, sende me vnto Iuda vnto the citie of my fathers burialles, that I may buylde it

³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym

⁷ When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes

² A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren

²⁹ Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people

¹⁸ Whoso kepeth his figge tree, shall eate the fruites thereof: so he that wayteth vpon his maister, shall come to honour

²⁸ Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood