Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 41:14
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Genesis41:14
14 The Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself , and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Or, Prison, by a Synecdoche of the part for the whole. For it is not probable that Ioseph who was now so much employed and entrusted with all the affairs of the prison and Prisoners, Gen. 39. 21, 22, 23. should still be kept in the dungeon properly so called.
For till then he suffered his hair to grow, as the manner was for persons in prison or under great sorrow, 2 Sam. 19. 24. But to appear in a mournful dress before the King was not convenient, nor usual. Compare Esth. 4. 4.
Marginal references: Psal. 105. 20; Heb. made him run.
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