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

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

How old are you? This familiar question proves that Jacob was received courteously and without ceremony. But the answer is of far greater …

And Pharaoh said to Jacob, how old are you? Or, "how many are the days of the years of your life?" which way of speaking …

With the seriousness of old age, the piety of a true believer, and the authority of a patriarch and a prophet, Jacob entreated the Lord to bestow a…