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

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

Also our fathers. —Joseph had instructed them to add this (Genesis 46:34), because occupations were hereditar…

Your servants are shepherds. This confession was humiliating to the sons of Jacob, and especially to Joseph himself, whose high, and almos…

And Pharaoh said to his brethren, what is your occupation ?
&c.] Which is the question he had told his brethren befo…

Though Joseph was a great man, especially in Egypt, he still acknowledged his brothers. Let the rich and great in the world not overlook or despise…