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

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

The priests had a portion assigned to them of Pharaoh. —Herodotus (ii. 37) mentions that it was still the custom in Egypt for the priests …

Only the land of the priests. The priests were exempted from the common law because the king granted them maintenance. It is, indeed, doub…

Only the land of the priests bought he not
Not from any special affection for them, or any superstitious veneration of them, w…

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…