E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:38
the spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . No art. = a Divine spirit or inspiration. Pharaoh knew nothing of Biblical Psychology. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:40
word. Hebrew mouth. Metonymy (of Cause). Mouth is put for the commands uttered by it. be ruled. Hebrew. nashak, to bend (as a bow). Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct). = bend put for submit. See Genesis 41:43 , below, "Bow the knee", and note on "kiss", Psalms 2:12 . greater. Compare Genesis 45:8 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:41
all. Apepi only recently ruled over all. Before this he had reigned with his father and grandfather. So the Monuments. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:43
they. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "one". Bow the knee. This is not Hebrew "tender father", as Authorized Version margin, but Egyptian. Abrek = bend or bow the knee. See Genesis 41:40 above, and Psalms 2:12 . Compare Genesis 45:8 , and John 8:8 in Coptic NT. ("stooped down"). A command still used in Egypt to make camels kneel (" Abrok "). According to Sayce, Abrek is a Sumerian title = -"The Seer". This would demand prostration. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:45
Zaphnath-paaneah. This, too, is not Hebrew, but Egyptian. Zap = abundance; nt ( nath ) = of ; pa = the; aneh = life. The whole name = abundance of life, or, of food for the living. Poti-pherah. The Egyptian priest of On = "City of the Sun", called in Hebrew. Aven and Bethshemesh (Jeremiah 43:13 ), and in Greek. Heliopolis. It was the university of Old Egypt. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:48
all the food. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), food put for corn. Which were. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "in which there was plenty". read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:49
sand, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia ( App-6 ). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:51
name. Figure of speech Pleonasm. toil. Heb, 'amal. App-44 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:53
was = came to pass. See note on Genesis 1:2 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 41:34
do this = take action. read more