רעמסס ra‘m^esês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

So the land became Pharaoh’s. —Joseph has been accused of reducing a free people to slavery by his policy. Undoubtedly, h…

And Joseph bought all the land. Anyone might suppose it to be the height of cruel and inexplicable avarice, that Joseph should take away f…

And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh
Not for himself, nor did he entail it on his posterity, but for …

With care taken for Jacob and his family—a mercy especially orchestrated by Providence through Joseph's advancement—the account now turns to how th…