Genesis 41:45 (KJV)

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And Pharaoh called oseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt

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Zaphnath-paaneah.Which in Coptic signifies a revealer of secrets, or, the man to whom secrets are revealed. Jerome says this name signified in Egyptian, {Savatorem mundi,} "the Saviour of the world;" and {Psotem-phaneh,} in Coptic, is certainly "salvation of the world," from [SOT,] for [soteria ,] salvation, {em,} the sign of the genitive case, and [PHENEH], world. If this interpretation be correct, Pharaoh must have meant Egypt by the world, or which Joseph might be justly termed the Saviour. We know that the Romans called their empire {Universis Orbis-Orbis Terrarum,} "all the world:" the Chinese say the same of their empire at the present day, and the phrase is used in the East: Nadir Shah is described on his coins as "Conqueror of the World," i.e., Persia. See the same phraseology applied to Syria, Palestine, etc. Lu 2:1 Ac 11:28

priest of. or, prince. Ge 14:18 Ex 2:16 2Sa 8:18 2Sa 20:26

On. Ge 46:20 Eze 30:17

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