priestly order (cf. ch. 1:7; Isa. 19:11; Wilkinson’s ‘Ancient Egypt,’ vol. ii., 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?—lit., 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 amongst the higher
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