And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
Ver. 44. I am Pharaoh.] Of a root (פרע) that signifieth to make bare, because, say some, he was to be bared - that is, sifted and manifested by Joseph.
Without thee shall no man lift up his hand.] And yet the Egyptians, in Seneca's time, however, were a proud peremptory people, apt to cast contempt and contumely upon their governors, were they never so upright and unblamable. a Joseph had said, Without me, God shall answer Pharaoh; and now he heareth, Without thee shall no man, &c.
a Aegyptus loquax et ingeniosa in contumeliam praefectorum provincia: in qua qui vitaverit culpam, non effugit infamiam. - Seneca.