John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 41:50

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And unto Joseph were born two sons, etc.] The word for “born” is singular; hence Ben Melech conjectures that they were twins: and this was before the years of famine came; or “the year of famine” f1740; the first year: which Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah priest of On, bare unto him; which is observed, to show that he had them by his lawful wife; whom the Targum of Jonathan wrongly again makes the daughter of Dinah, and her father prince of Tanis, the same with Zoan; whereas this was “On” or “Heliopolis”, a very different place; so Artapanus says f1741, that Joseph married the daughter of the priest of Heliopolis, by whom he had children; and another Heathen writer f1742 mentions their names, Ephraim and Manesseh.

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