14 occurrences

'Favour' in the Bible

and said, Lord, if now I have found favour in thine eyes, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessPassing ByFavor

behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPeople's Inability To SaveEscaping To MountainsPossibility Of DeathGod Showed His LovingkindnessUnable To Save

And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.

Verse ConceptsLearningBlessing Through God's People

and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

And he said, What meanest thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

Verse ConceptsMeaning

And Jacob said, No, I pray thee; if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my gift from my hand; for therefore have I seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou hast received me with pleasure.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesSmiling

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.

Verse ConceptsGoing Together

And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye shall say to me I will give.

And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.

Verse ConceptsCareResponsibility, Examples OfWorthinessAuthority Delegated To PeopleFavor

And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.

Verse ConceptsKindnessPrisonersDivine FavourGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed His LovingkindnessFavor

And they said, Thou hast saved us alive. Let us find favour in the eyes of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionKept Alive By MenGroups Of SlavesIndividuals Saving Others

And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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