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have set thee over all the land of Egypt (Ge
41:41); without thee shall no man lift up his
hand or foot (Ge 41:44); all the affairs of the
kingdom must pass through his hand. Nay (Ge
41:40), only in the throne will I be greater than
thou. Note, It is the wisdom of princes to prefer
those, and the happiness of people to have
those preferred, to places of power and trust, in
whom the Spirit of God is. It is probable that
there were those about the court who opposed
Joseph's preferment, which occasioned
Pharaoh so often to repeat the grant, and with
that solemn sanction (Ge 41:44), I am Pharaoh.
When the proposal was made that there should
be a corn-master-general nominated, it is said
(Ge 41:37), Pharaoh's servants were all pleased
with the proposal, each hoping for the place;
but when Pharaoh said to them, "Joseph shall
be the man," we do not read that they made him
any answer, being uneasy at it, and acquiescing
only because they could not help it. Joseph had
enemies, no doubt, archers that shot at him, and
hated him (Ge 49:23), as Daniel, Da 6:4.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;