GEN 39:2 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἦν Κύριος μετὰ Ἰωσήφ· καὶ ἦν ἀνὴρ ἐπιτυγχάνων· καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ Αἰγυπτίῳ.
(Kai aʸn Kurios meta Yōsaʸf; kai aʸn anaʸr epitugⱪanōn; kai egeneto en tōi oikōi para tōi kuriōi autou tōi Aiguptiōi. )

BrTr And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian.

ULT And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.

UST As Joseph worked in his Egyptian owner’s house, Yahweh was with him and helped him, so that he succeeded in everything he did.

BSB And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

OEB Now the Lord was with Joseph, so that he prospered; and he remained in the house of his master the Egyptian.

WEBBE The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master.

LSV And YHWH is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian,

FBV The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in his Egyptian master's house.

T4T Because Yahweh helped Joseph, he was able to do his work very well, and lived in the house of his Egyptian master.

LEB And Yahweh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

BBE And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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JPS And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

ASV And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

DRA And the Lord was with him, and he was a prosperous man in all things: and he dwelt in his master’s house,

YLT And Jehovah is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian,

Drby And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

RV And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Wbstr And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man: and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

KJB-1769 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

KJB-1611 And the LORD was with Ioseph, and hee was a prosperous man, and hee was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And God was with Ioseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian.
(And God was with Yoseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his master the Egyptian.)

Gnva And the Lord was with Ioseph, and he was a man that prospered and was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
(And the Lord was with Yoseph, and he was a man that prospered and was in the house of his master the Egyptian. )

Cvdl And ye LORDE was wt Ioseph, in so moch yt he became a luckye ma, & was in his master ye Egipcians house.
(And ye/you_all LORD was with Yoseph, in so much it he became a luckye ma, and was in his master ye/you_all Egyptians house.)

Wycl And the Lord was with hym, and he was a man doynge with prosperite in alle thingis. And Joseph dwellide in `the hows of his lord,
(And the Lord was with him, and he was a man doing with prosperite in all things. And Yoseph dwelled/dwelt in `the house of his lord,)

Luth Und der HErr war mit Joseph, daß er ein glückseliger Mann ward; und war in seines Herrn, des Ägypters, Hause.
(And the/of_the LORD what/which with Yoseph, that he a glückseliger man ward; and what/which in seines Lord, the Ägypters, house.)

ClVg Fuitque Dominus cum eo, et erat vir in cunctis prospere agens: habitavitque in domo domini sui,
(Fuitque Master when/with eo, and was man in cunctis prospere agens: habitavitque in domo master sui, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יְהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶת יוֹסֵ֔ף

and=he/it_was YHWH DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph)

See how you translated was with in Gen 21:20; 26:28. Alternate translation: “But Yahweh was with Joseph and helped him,”

וַ⁠יְהִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ מַצְלִ֑יחַ

and=he/it_was (a)_man successful

Alternate translation: “so that he succeeded in what he did” or “so that he did everything very well”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וַ⁠יְהִ֕י בְּ⁠בֵ֥ית אֲדֹנָ֖י⁠ו הַ⁠מִּצְרִֽי

and=he/it_was in=house_of master,his the,Egyptian

For some languages it is more natural to put this clause first in this verse and say, “As Joseph worked in his Egyptian master/owner’s house, Yahweh was with him/Joseph and helped/blessed him, so that he succeeded in everything he did.” Do what is best in your language.

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