Genesis 42:6

Overview - Genesis 42
Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt.
16 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies.
18 They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin.
21 They have remorse for Joseph.
24 Simeon is kept for a pledge.
25 They return with corn, and their money.
29 Their relation to Jacob.
36 Jacob refuses to send Benjamin.
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Genesis 42:6  (King James Version)
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
 


governor
{Shallit,} an intendant, protector, ruler, from {shalat,} to be over or a protector, to rule: hence the Arabic {salita,} to obtain and exercise dominion, rule; and {sultn,} ruler, lord, prince, and king.
Genesis 41:40 Genesis 41:41 Genesis 45:8 Genesis 45:26 Psalms 105:16-21 ; Acts 7:10

he it was
Genesis 41:55 Genesis 41:56

bowed
18:2 19:1 Genesis 37:7 Genesis 37:9 44:14 Revelation 3:9