Genesis 41:41 (BSB)
Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
From Genesis 41. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Genesis 41:41
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 41:33-45: Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich himself and supply the country when it would be dear and scarce. Note, Fair warning should always be followed with good counsel.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 41:41: 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...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Genesis 41:41: Pharaoh said, . . . See, I have set thee over all the land--These words were preliminary to investiture with the insignia of office, which were these: the signet-ring, used for signing public documents, and its impression was more valid than the sign-manual of the king; the khelaat or dress of honor, a coat of finely wrought linen, or rather cotton, worn only by the...
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Genesis 41:37-41: Gen 41:37-41 Joseph’s Promotion. - This counsel pleased Pharaoh and all his servants, so that he said to them, “Shall we find a man like this one, in whom the Spirit of God is?” “The Spirit of Elohim,” i.e., the spirit of supernatural insight and wisdom.