Genesis 41:44

_AND PHARAOH SAID UNTO JOSEPH, I AM PHARAOH, AND WITHOUT THEE SHALL NO MAN LIFT UP HIS HAND OR FOOT IN ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT._ Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh - a proverbial form of expressing sovereign power. These ceremonies of investiture were closed in usual form by the king in council solemnly ratifying the appointment. But the expression, "I am Pharaoh, implies that the rulers of Egypt were regarded as in some mysterious way the progeny and vicegerents of the national deity, and they accordingly embodied his name Rƒ, or with the article Ph' Ra, in their official title. AND WITHOUT THEE SHALL NO MAN LIFT UP HIS HAND OR FOOT IN ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT - i:e., Joseph was appointed vizier, or prime minister of state. The sudden elevation of a person from a humble and obscure condition to the highest dignity has been frequently exemplified, both in ancient and modern times, in th...

33-45 Joseph gave good advice to Pharaoh. Fair warning should always be followed by good counsel. God has in his word told us of a day of trial before us, when we shall need all the grace we can have. Now, therefore, provide accordingly. Pharaoh gave Joseph an honourable testimony. He is a man in whom the spirit of God is; and such men ought to be valued. Pharaoh puts upon Joseph marks of honour. He gave him such a name as spoke the value he had for him, Zaphnath-paaneah, "a revealer of secrets." This preferment of Joseph encourages all to trust in God. Some translate Joseph's new name, "the saviour of the world." The brightest glories, even of the upper world, are put upon Christ, the highest trust lodged in his hand, and all power given him, both in heaven and earth....

Verse Genesis 41:44. _I AM PHARAOH_] The same as if he had said, _I am the_ _king_; for _Pharaoh_ was the common title of the sovereigns of Egypt....

- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר _y__e__'or_, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ _'āchû_, “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8. חרטמים _charṭumı̂ym_, ἐξηγηταὶ _exēgētai_, ἱερογραμματεῖς _hierogrammateis_, “sacred scribes, hieroglyphs.” חרט _chereṭ_ “stylus,” a graving tool. 43. אברך _'abrēk_ “bend the knee.” In this sense it is put for הברך _habrēk_ imperative hiphil of...

EXPOSITION GENESIS 41:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWO FULL YEARS (literally, _two years of _days, _i.e._ two complete years from the commencement of Joseph's incarceration, or more probably after the butler's liberation), THAT PHARAOH—on the import of the term _vide _Genesis 12:15. Under what particular monarch Joseph came to Egypt is a question of much perplexity, and has been variously resolved by modern Egyptologists in favor of— 1. Osirtasen I; the founder of the twelfth dynasty, a prosperous and successful sore-reign, whose name appears on a granite obelisk at Heliopolis. 2. Assa, or Assis, the fifth king of the fifteenth dynasty of Shepherd

AND PHARAOH SAID UNTO JOSEPH, I [AM] PHARAOH,.... Or I am king, which the word Pharaoh signifies, as Josephus z says; and that this is not a proper name, but a title of office, seems plain from these words; and the sense either is, that though Pharaoh had raised Joseph to such high honour and dignity, yet he alone was king: or this he said to show his power and authority to do what he had done, and would stand by him, and support him in his office and grandeur: AND WITHOUT THEE SHALL NOT A MAN LIFT UP HIS HAND OR FOOT IN ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT; which is to be taken not in a strict literal sense, but proverbially, signifying, that nothing should be done in the nation of any moment or importance, relating to political affairs, but what was by his order and authority; the hands and feet being the principal instruments of action. The Targum of Jonathan is, "without thy word (or order) a man...

CHAPTER 41 JOSEPH'S EXALTATION _ 1. Pharaoh's dreams (Genesis 41:1)_ 2. Joseph brought from the prison (Genesis 41:8) 3. Joseph's humility (Genesis 41:16) 4. The revealer of secrets (Genesis 41:17) 5. Joseph's wise counsel (Genesis 41:33) 6. Pharaoh's answer (Genesis 41:37) 7. Joseph's exaltation and marriage (Genesis 4

GENESIS 41. JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS AND IS MADE VICEROY OF EGYPT. This is mainly from E, Genesis 41:1 apart from Genesis 41:15_ b_, and perhaps Genesis 41:9_ b_ entirely so. But J has been used as well in the later part. It is not worth while to attempt analysis since the two narratives must have been closely parallel. Genesis 41:46_ a_ belongs to P. The two dreams are modelled on the same lines, and mean the same thing (_cf. Genesis 37:5_ and Peter's triple vision,...

III. JOSEPH OVER THE LAND OF EGYPT. 44.. AM PHARAOH, AND WITHOUT THEE, ETC. These words are designed to say that he would back up Joseph with all his power. "I am Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, the absolute ruler. What. say is law; and. say that without thee no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt." All who were loyal to Pharaoh would have to be obedient to Joseph. It is possible that some disaffection on the part of the Egyptians that. foreigner, recently. slave, should be put over them, provoked this emphatic declaration. To "lift hand or foot" was. proverbial expression implying the most extensive authority....

Joseph as Grand Vizier 38. _such a one as this_ Pharaoh and his servants are represented as discerning in Joseph the supreme gifts of one who combined the supernatural power of interpreting dreams with the practical wisdom and sagacity of a statesman. _in whom the spirit of God is_ The same phrase is employed by Belshazzar when he addresses Daniel: Daniel 5:14, "I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee." The presence and operation of the Spirit of God, in the O.T., account for those special manifestations which surpass the limits of ordinary human capacity, in wisdom or prowess. Cf. Exodus 31:3; Numbers 27:18;...