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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 41:41 - 41:41
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Pharaoh said, ... See, I have set thee over all the land - These words were preliminary to investiture with the insignia of office, which were these: the signet-ring, used for signing public documents, and its impression was more valid than the sign-manual of the king; the khelaat or dress of honor, a coat of finely wrought linen, or rather cotton, worn only by the highest personages; the gold necklace, a badge of rank, the plain or ornamental form of it indicating the degree of rank and dignity; the privilege of riding in a state carriage, the second chariot; and lastly -