Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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Genesis 42:6
Joseph was the governor - shallit , an intendant, a protector, from skalat , to be over as a protector; hence shelatim , shields, or arms for protection and defense, II Samuel 8:7; and 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.
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