1. יאר ye'or — “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic.
2. אחוּ 'āch…

The dearth. — As the Nile at this early period was not assisted and regulated in its overflow by dams and canals, famines were muc…

And the seven years of dearth began to come, as Joseph had
said In the interpretation of P…

In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph acknowledged Divine providence.