C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on Genesis 41:37-41

Gen 41:37-41

Joseph’s Promotion. - This counsel pleased Pharaoh and all his servants, so that he said to them, “Shall we find a man like this one, in whom the Spirit of God is?” “The Spirit of Elohim,” i.e., the spirit of supernatural insight and wisdom. He then placed Joseph over his house, and over all Egypt; in other words, he chose him as hid grand vizier, saying to him, “After God hath showed thee all this, there is none discreet and wise as thou.” ישּׁק על־פּיך, “according to thy mouth (i.e., command, Gen 45:21) shall my whole people arrange itself.” נשׁק does not mean to kiss (Rabb., Ges., etc.), for על נשׁק is not Hebrew, and kissing the mouth was not customary as an act of homage, but “to dispose, arrange one’s self” (ordine disposuit). “Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.”