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# Zaphenath-Paneah
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Translators may add the following footnote: The name Zaphenath-Paneah means "a revealer of secrets."
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# He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as a wife
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Priests in Egypt were the highest and most privileged caste. This marriage signifies Joseph's place of honor and privilege.
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# priest of On
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On is a city, also called Heliopolis, which was "the City of the Sun" and the center of worship of the sun god Ra.
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# Joseph went out over the land of Egypt
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Joseph traveled over the land to supervise the preparations for the coming drought.
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