45. Zaphnath-paaneah--variously interpreted, "revealer of
secrets"; "saviour of the land"; and from the hieroglyphics, "a wise
man fleeing from pollution"--that is, adultery.
gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of--His naturalization
was completed by this alliance with a family of high distinction. On
being founded by an Arab colony, Poti-pherah, like Jethro, priest of
Midian, might be a worshipper of the true God; and thus Joseph, a pious
man, will be freed from the charge of marrying an idolatress for
worldly ends.
On--called Aven
(Eze 30:17)
and also Beth-shemesh
(Jer 43:13).
In looking at this profusion of honors heaped suddenly upon Joseph, it
cannot be doubted that he would humbly yet thankfully acknowledge the
hand of a special Providence in conducting him through all his
checkered course to almost royal power; and we, who know more than
Joseph did, cannot only see that his advancement was subservient to the
most important purposes relative to the Church of God, but learn the
great lesson that a Providence directs the minutest events of human
life.
JFB.
Outline
1 Pharaoh's two dreams
25 Joseph interprets them
33 Josephe gives Pharaoh counsel
38 Joseph is promoted
50 The birth of Manasseh and Ephraim
53 The famine begins
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