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Genesis 41:45

Genesis 41:45
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,

until he left numbering,.... At first he took an account of the quantities that were bought and laid up, how much there was in each…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 41:1-57

- Joseph Was Exalted 1. יאר ye'or, “river, canal,” mostly applied to the Nile. Some suppose the word to be Coptic. 2. אחוּ 'āchû, “sedge, reed-grass, marsh-grass.” This word is probably Coptic. 8.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Zaphnath-paaneah - The meaning of this title is as little known as that of abrech in the preceding verse. Some translate it, The revealer of secrets; others, The treasury of glorious comfort. St.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 41:33-45

Here is, I. The good advice that Joseph gave to Pharaoh, which was, 1. That in the years of plenty he should lay up for the years of famine, buy up corn when it was cheap, that he might both enrich…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Zaphenath-paneah An Egyptian name for which the meaning is given by some Egyptologists "God speaks, and He lives," i.e. De-pnute-ef-ônch. A proper name of this form does not as yet however appear to…