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Selected Verse: Psalms 105:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 105:20 |
King James |
The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The king sent and loosed him - Released him from prison. Gen 41:14. The object was that he might interpret the dreams of Pharaoh.
The ruler of the people, and let him go free - Hebrew, "peoples," in the plural - referring either to the fact that there were "many" people in the land, or that Pharaoh ruled over tributary nations as well as over the Egyptians. |
14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.