Genesis 42:6

Joseph was the governor - שליט shallit , an intendant, a protector, from שלט skalat , to be over as a protector; hence שלטים shelatim , shields, or arms for protection and defense, 2 Samuel 8:7 ; and שלטון shilton , power and authority, Ecclesiastes 8:4 , Ecclesiastes 8:8 ; and hence the Arabic sultan , a lord, prince, or king, from salata , he obtained and exercised dominion, he ruled. Was it not from this very circumstance, Joseph being shallit , that all the Mohammedan governors of Egypt, etc., took the title of sultan? Bowed down themselves before him - Thus fulfilling the prophetic dream, Genesis 37:7 , Genesis 37:8 , which they had taken every precaution to render null and void. But there is neither might nor counsel against the Lord.