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

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

Thou hast saved our lives. —The people were more than satisfied with Joseph’s regulations; and if he had made them depend…

And they said, you have saved our lives
Preserved them from death through famine, by laying up stores of corn, which…

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…