21. He made him lord of his house.
Reserving no power, but saying, “only in
the throne will I be greater than thou.” The servitor of slaves becomes lord over nobles. How soon the Lord
lifteth his chosen from the dunghill to set them among princes. And ruler of all his substance. He empowered him to manage the storing of the seven
plenteous harvests, and to dispense the provisions in the coming days of
scarcity. All the treasures of Egypt were under his lock and key; indeed the
granaries of the world were sealed or opened at his bidding. Thus was he in the
best conceivable position for preserving alive the house of Israel with whom
the covenant was made. As our Lord was himself secured in Egypt from Herod’s
enmity, so, ages before, the redeemed race found an equally available shelter,
in the hour of need.
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