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Gen 41:43 — And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

and they		Est 6:8,9
Bow the knee		or, Tender father. Gen 45:8; Heb. Abrech. Phl 2:10
ruler		Gen 42:6,30,33; Gen 45:8,26; Act 7:10

Correlating Passages

and they

	Est 6:8	Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
	Est 6:9	And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Bow the knee

	Gen 45:8	So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
	Phl 2:10	That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

ruler

	Gen 42:6	And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.
	Gen 42:30	The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
	Gen 42:33	And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:
	Gen 45:8	So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
	Gen 45:26	And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
	Act 7:10	And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 41:43," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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