John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 41:41
Gen 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. Ver. 41. See, I have set thee over all, &c. ] So Antoninus, the emperor, made Pertinax, a a lowly man, but well qualified, consul, which many murmured at. But he was afterwards became emperor; and finding the public treasure woefully wasted by his predecessor Commodus, he restored it by his good husbandry, which many prominent men laughed at; caeteri, quibus virtus luxuria potior erat, laudabamus,... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 41:40
Gen 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Ver. 40. Thou shalt be over my house, &c. ] Pharaoh prefers him, because he found good parts in him. They that bestow places of charge in church or commonwealth upon undeserving persons, for by-consideration, shall have Pharaoh to rise up in judgment against them. In King Edward VI’s minority, dignity waited upon desert, saith the historian, which... read more