E Io. 2 7. e. Dire&ion & command. Heb.vouth, which is oft put for com- | T Heb. mand,as Exod. 17. 1. and 38.21. Numb: 3.16,39,8&c. b Or, be fed; they _ armed or ſhall receive their proviſions from thy hand, and according to thy kiſs, diſpoſal. Others, ſball kiſs, viz.the hand, as inferiors uſed to do,up- on their addreſs to, or conference with great perſons. See Job31. 27. Hoſ.13.2. But it was frivolous for Joſeph to command them to do thar which by the cuſtom of the place they were obliged and wont to do. Some render the words thus,znd that agreeable to the Hebrew, at thy mouth ſhall the people kiſs. Which may be underſtood either properly, as inferiors did ſometimes kiſs their ſuperiors in token of their homage, See 1 S2m: 10. 1. Or rather metaphorically, as the ſame phraſe is uſed, Pſal:2.12. Prov.24.26. reccive all thy commands with reverence & ſubmiſſion. c7.e. In ſoveraign power and dignity. 41 And Pharaoh ſaid unto Joſeph, See, I have ct thee overall the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took oft his ring d from his hand, and put it upon Joſeph's hand, and arrayed him in ve- | +Qr, fk. {tures of } fine linen e, and put a gold chain f about . his neck. : d W hich was both a token of higac{t dignity, and an inſtrument of greateſt power,by which he had authority to make and ſign what D-+crees he thought fit in the King's Name. See EZher 3.16.and 8.2. e Wherewith the greateſt Potentares were arrayed. See Prov. 31. 22, 24. Ezek. 16: 10. Luke 16. 19. Rev: 19: 8. f Another badge of great honour. See Prov. 1. 9. Ezek: 164 11. Dan: 5: 7, 16, 29. s 42 And he made him to ride in the ſecond chariot which he had g: and they cryed before him, + Bow
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> Jong the knee þ: and he made him ruier over all the land - Heb. 4 OfEgypt. : : brech. g In the King's ſecond Chariot,that he might be known and own-
cd to bethe next perſon to the King in power and digniry. Com-
z (i.e. ) I only am the King, I reſerve to my ſelf the ſoveroign power over thee, and over all. As the name of Cz{ar among the Romans was commonly uſed for the Emperor, ſo the name of Pha- raoh for the King. Or thus, I have the ſupreme power, and there- fore as I have authority to give thee the fullowing Power, ſo] will make it good to thee, and oblige all my people to obſerve and obey thee. k No man ſhall do any thing in the publick affairs of the Kingdom concerning matters of War or Peace, without thy commiſſion or licence. |
45 4nd Pharaoh called Joſeph's name Zaphnath- Paaneah 1; and he gave him to wife AHenath the daugh- ter of Poti-pherah mm, Þ Prieſt » of On o © and Joſeph + or, went out p over all the land of Egvpt, Prince.
I (7. e. ) The revealer of ſecrets, as the Hebrews generally underſtand it, and with them moſt others. 2 Not that Potiphar, Gen. 39. 1. both becauſe he had another Tirtle,+nd dwelt in another place ; and becauſe it 1s not probable Joſeph would have marricd the daughter of ſo unchaſte a mother ; but another and a greater perſin. It is the obſervation of a late ingenious and learned Writer, that ameng the Egyptians there were three words, or endings of words, near a kin, but differing in ſignification, and in the degree of dignity. and au- thority to which thoſe names were annexed : Phar, which belonged to inferior Othcers; and Pherah, which was given to thoſe of great-=
erdignity and power ; and Pharaoh, which was appropriated to the King. » OrPrince, as the word ſignifies, Exod. 18: 1. 2 Sam: 8. 18. ; and 20, 26. and elſewhere. This ſenſe is the more probable, both | from 7o/eph's high quality, and from his holy diſpoſition. whereby | he hated IdolJatry, and would never have married the daughter ofan { ta0latrous Prie!t. o A famous City of Zgypr, called alſo A4ver,Exck: | 30.17: and «ft2:wards. as ſome think, Hel:opolis, now Damiata. See Fer. 43.13. þ Upon his employment, and to execute the King's command, and his own counſel.
46 ( And Joſeph was thirty years old q when he ſtood r before Pharaoh King of Egypt) and Joſeph went out from the preſence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt s.
q Which is here noted to teach us, r. That Joſeph's ſhort afifti= on was recompenced with a much longer proſpe:ity, even for 80 years. 2. That Joſeph's excellent wiſdom did not proceed from his large and long experience, but from the ſingular gift of God. r As his chief Miniſter : to ſand before another is the poture and de- ſ1gnation of a ſervant, as 1 Sam. 16. 21. Dan.1. 19. 5 Toprovide places for his ſtores, and to conſtitute Officers for the management of them. | |
47 Andin the ſeven plenteous years, the earth brought forth by handfulsz.
# Or, unto handfuls, to wit, growing upon on ſtalk ; or, unto heaps ; or, as the ancients render it, for the barns or ftorehouſes ; i.e. = ſuch plenty, that all their ſtorchouſes were filled with heaps of
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48 And hegathered up all the food » of the ſeven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the citieszche food of the field which was round about every City, laid he up inthe ſame.
Thar is, either all ſorts of grain which was properfor food : or all which he intended to gather, to wir, the fifth pait, wer. 34.
49 And Joſeph gathered corn as the {and of the ſea, very much, until he left numbring : for it was without number.
fo * Andunto Joſeph were born two ſons, before che years of famine came, which Aſenath the daugh- terof Poti-pherah, | Prieſt of On bare unto him. os
51 And Joſeph called the name of the firſt-born T Fo: Manaſleh : for Ged, ſaid he, hath made me forget x all Prince: my toy], and all my father's houſe y. } Thats
x (7.e. ) Hath expelled all forrowftal remembrance of it by m forgetting preſent comfort and glory. » ( 5:e:) The toil of my father's Gone, or the m_ __ ew which To gy _ I have 972 Hodge means Or MY Fatier $ rami:Y, and my own brethr ( hither. A Feigs called He ohadis, F TY RON 206
52 And the name of the ſecond called he + Ephraims
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for God hath cauſed me to be fruitful in the land of jmy tf Thats affliction 2. | on my fruirful
z (i:e:) In the land which hitherto hath been to me a land of affliction.
531 And the ſeven years of plenteouſneſs, that was in the land - Egypt, were ended.
54 * And the leven years of dearth began to come, *pg,1.:o: according as Foleph had faid, and the dearth was in I - _ *: but in all the land of Egypt there was
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*In all the neighbouring Countries,as appears by comparing this with Gen: 42, I.