Gênesis 41:43

43 Também o fez subir em sua segunda carruagem real, e à frente os arautos iam gritando: “Abram caminho!”[a] Assim José foi posto no comando de toda a terra do Egito.

Gênesis 41:43 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 41:43

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had,
&c.] By which it appeared that he was next to Pharaoh, but not above him; as kings were wont to have more chariots than one, those were distinguished by first, second being of greater state the one than the other, see ( 2 Chronicles 35:24 ) : and they cried before him, bow the knee;
that is, his guard that attended him, when he rode out in his chariot, called to the people, as they passed along, to bow the knee to Joseph, as a token of veneration and respect; or they proclaimed him "Abrech", which Onkelos paraphrases, this is the father of the king; and so Jarchi, who observes, that "Rech" signifies a king in the Syriac language; and this agrees with what Joseph himself says, that God had made him a father to Pharaoh, ( Genesis 45:8 ) . Others render it a tender father; and the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem take in both senses,

``this is the father of the king, (or let the father of the king live, so the Jerusalem,) who is great in wisdom, and tender in years:''
though rather he may be so called, because he acted the part of a tender father to the country, in providing corn for them against a time of scarcity: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt;
appointed him to be governor of the whole land, and invested him with that office, and made him appear to be so, by the grandeur he raised him to.

Gênesis 41:43 In-Context

41 E o faraó prosseguiu: “Entrego a você agora o comando de toda a terra do Egito”.
42 Em seguida, o faraó tirou do dedo o seu anel-selo e o colocou no dedo de José. Mandou-o vestir linho fino e colocou uma corrente de ouro em seu pescoço.
43 Também o fez subir em sua segunda carruagem real, e à frente os arautos iam gritando: “Abram caminho!” Assim José foi posto no comando de toda a terra do Egito.
44 Disse ainda o faraó a José: “Eu sou o faraó, mas sem a sua palavra ninguém poderá levantar a mão nem o pé em todo o Egito”.
45 O faraó deu a José o nome de Zafenate-Paneia e lhe deu por mulher Azenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om. Depois José foi inspecionar toda a terra do Egito.

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