Acts 7:10

Acts 7:10. And wisdom. This, of course, includes Joseph's interpretation of the royal dreams, but has more especial reference to his wisdom in striking out a new system of governing the land of Egypt, and of administering and developing the finances of that great kingdom.

Pharaoh. This is not a proper name, but was the common title of the ancient sovereigns of Egypt. It signifies in the ancient Egyptian, ‘the king.' In after ages, in the Graeco-Macedonian period, the common title of the monarchs of the country was Ptolemy (which signifies in the Greek, ‘warrior').

We have a well-known instance of these royal appellatives in the ‘Caesars' of Rome, a designation which, under the Teutonized form of ‘Kaiser' in the German and Austrian Empires, and in the Russian form of ‘Czar,' continues in our own times.

Governor over Egypt. Joseph fulfilled the functions of the Vizier or Prime Minister of Pharaoh. The power delegated to him by his master seems to have been almost without limit.