Pharaoh took off his ring— Thus he invested him with authority; for rings were anciently worn by princes, not by way of ornament only, but as a badge of their imperial dignity; and, as the royal signets, they descended to their successors. Thus Alexander, when he found himself dying, took off his ring, and gave it to Perdiccas, thus pointing him out for his successor. See Esther 3:10; Esther 8:2. Vossius says, that Pharaoh gave this ring, both in token of the dignity to which he preferred Joseph, and that he might seal letters and patents in the king's name. The vesture of fine linen, wherewith he arrayed him, was also a token of his exaltation, such linen being then only worn by princes, and people of the greatest distinction.
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Genesis 41:42
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;