A Daily Genesis

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 50:4a . . and when the wailing period was over, Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's court[/B]

It's curious that Joseph didn't meet with Pharaoh in person; I mean, after all, Joseph was second in command over the entire country of Egypt, and certainly outranked all of Pharaoh's courtiers. It's guessed by some that in the Egypt of Joseph's day, a dead man's close kin were deemed unfit to approach a Pharaoh. Whether it was for religious reasons, ...