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    Pharaoh

    פַּרְעֹהΦαραώ

    Pharaoh, the Egyptian ruler who elevated Joseph to a position of authority and welcomed his family to Egypt during a severe famine.

    IllustrationGenesis 41Pharaoh transfers his signet ring to Joseph and gives him fine linen and a gold chain as Joseph is elevated over Egypt.
    verses
    70
    first named
    Genesis 37:36
    last named
    Acts 7:13
    period
    the Patriarchs
    tribe
    Egypt

    Description

    Who was Pharaoh?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    This Pharaoh was the Egyptian ruler during the time of Joseph, the son of Israel (or 'Jacob') (Genesis 37-50). Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and eventually served in the household of Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials. After being falsely accused and imprisoned, Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker. When Pharaoh had troubling dreams, the cupbearer remembered Joseph's ability, and Joseph was brought before Pharaoh to interpret the dreams.

    Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dreams as a warning of seven years of plenty followed by seven years of severe famine. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh appointed him as second-in-command over Egypt to prepare for the famine. During the famine, Joseph's brothers came to Egypt to buy grain, and after a series of tests, Joseph revealed his identity to them. Pharaoh invited Joseph's family to settle in the land of Goshen and provided for their needs.

    This Pharaoh is depicted as a ruler who recognized and rewarded wisdom, and who showed kindness to Joseph and his family. The Bible does not provide the specific name or historical identity of this Pharaoh, as the term "Pharaoh" was used as a title for Egyptian kings. Some scholars suggest that this Pharaoh may have been from the Hyksos dynasty, a Semitic people who ruled Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Pharaoh10 of 20 entities the graph connects to Pharaoh, in one group: events 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Israel7 events · 2,578 versesEgypt6 events · 649 versesGiving1 event · 602 versesPerson1 event · 367 versesJoseph28 events · 197 versesFood1 event · 128 versesTree1 event · 92 versesReturning1 event · 57 versesSettlement1 event · 47 versesEgyptians3 events · 10 versesPharaoh

    The 10 best-attested of 20 are drawn. All 20 are listed below.

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 4 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Pharaoh happensAll 3 places the claims about Pharaoh reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Nile, Egypt, Goshen. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Pharaoh there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.NileEgyptGoshen
    the PatriarchsAll 3 places the claims about Pharaoh reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 70, across 2 books. The name is written 90 times in them.

    1. Genesis68 verses

      37:3639:140:240:740:1140:1340:1440:1740:1940:2040:2141:141:441:741:841:941:1041:1441:1541:1641:1741:2541:2841:3241:3341:3441:3541:3741:3841:3941:4141:4241:4441:4541:4641:5542:1542:1644:1845:245:845:1645:1745:2146:546:3146:3347:147:247:347:447:547:747:847:947:1047:1147:1447:1947:2047:2247:2347:2447:2547:2650:450:650:7

    2. Acts2 verses

      7:107:13

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Baker Execution and Dream Interpretation, and 6 moreJosephSon of Jacob, ruler in Egyptvia Egyptians and Joseph’s giving and Egyptians Slavery, and 1 moreEgyptiansEgyptians is a group attested across 10 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Egyptians and Joseph’s giving and Egyptians Slavery, and 1 moreEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodusvia Egyptians and Joseph’s giving and Joseph’s giving of BrothersGivingGiving is a concept gathering 561 labelled instances in the text.via Egyptians Slavery and Joseph’s acquisition of Priests Land, Egyptians, and LandLandLand is a place attested across 6 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Joseph and Israel’s settlement of Joseph Father And Brothers and Joseph’s giving of BrothersIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Seven Cows’ dreamDreamDream is a concept gathering 17 labelled instances in the text.via Baker ExecutionHangingHanging is a concept gathering 20 labelled instances in the text.via Seven Cows’ dreamNileThe major river of Egypt, mentioned in various contexts

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

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