1. יאר ye'or — “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic.
2. אחוּ 'āch…

All the food. —Probably, besides the fifth paid as tax to the king (and from which all the current expenses of the realm would hav…

And he gathered up all the food of the seven years That is, of plenty; not all the fruits of the earth, or all that was e…

In the names of his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, Joseph acknowledged Divine providence.