Joseph’s Policies

Joseph, so we saw, was set over Pharaoh's house and made ruler over all the land. In accordance here­with, he receiveth upon his person the marks of his new station and of the authority that went with it. The king's ring was upon his finger; vestures of fine linen graced his person; a gold chain was about his neck. Thus adorned, he was made to ride in the second chariot and received homage of the Egyptians. And Pharaoh gave him a new name, whose mean­ing, The man to whom secrets are revealed,...