Genesis 41:45 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 41:45

Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.

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ASV

And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

KJV

And Pharaoh called Joseph’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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah,.... Which, according to the paraphrase of Onkelos, signifies one to whom hidden things are revealed; or, as Jonathan, a revealer of secrets; and so most of the Jewish writers explain it; and which seems to be given him from his interpreting Pharaoh's dreams, and revealing what was hereafter to come to pass.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Zaphnath-paaneah - The meaning of this title is as little known as that of abrech in the preceding verse. Some translate it, The revealer of secrets; others, The treasury of glorious comfort. St. Jerome translates the whole verse in the most arbitrary manner. Vertitque nomen ejus, et vocavit eum, lingua Aegyptiaca, Salvatorem mundi. “And he changed his name, and called him in the Egyptian language, The savior of the world.” None of the Asiatic versions acknowledge this extraordinary gloss, and it is certainly worthy of no regard.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Zaphnath-paaneah--variously interpreted, "revealer of secrets"; "saviour of the land"; and from the hieroglyphics, "a wise man fleeing from pollution"--that is, adultery. gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of--His naturalization was completed by this alliance with a family of high distinction.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֨א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
פַרְעֹ֣ה	far.'Oh	Pharaoh	H6547 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
יוֹסֵף֮	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
צָֽפְנַ֣ת	tza.fe.Nat	Zaphenath-	H6847 →
פַּעְנֵחַ֒	pa'.ne.aCh	Paneah	H6847 →
וַיִּתֶּן־	vai.yi.ten-	and he gave	H5414 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	to <the> him
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָֽסְנַ֗ת	'a.se.Nat	Asenath	H621 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
פּ֥וֹטִי	Po.ti	Poti-	H6319 →
פֶ֛רַע	Fe.ra'	-phera	H6319 →
כֹּהֵ֥ן	ko.Hen	[the] priest of	H3548 →
אֹ֖ן	'on	On	H204 →
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →
וַיֵּצֵ֥א	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
יוֹסֵ֖ף	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
אֶ֥רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 14:18
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
leads to
- Psalms 110:4
  The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 6:20
  where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Hebrews 5:6
  And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Hebrews 5:10
  and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
- Psalms 76:2
  His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
Through
Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
leads to
- Exodus 3:1
  Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Genesis 24:11
  As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
- 1 Samuel 9:11
  And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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