And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Pharaoh said unto his servants. The kings of ancient Egypt, though autocrats, were assisted in the management of state affairs by the advice of the most distinguished members of the priestly order (cf. Genesis 50:7; Isaiah 19:11; Wilkinson's 'Ancient Egypt,' vol. 2:, p. 23); and accordingly, before admitting Joseph to the new and extraordinary office that was to be created, those ministers were consulted as to the expediency and propriety of the appointment.
Can we find such a one as this is? - literally, Can we find a man like this man?
A man in whom the Spirit of God is. An acknowledgment of the being and power of the true God, though faint and feeble, continued to linger among the higher classes long after idolatry had come to prevail.