Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 41:40

40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

(i. e.) direction and command. Heb. mo[illegible: 1+ letters]th, which is oft put for command, as Exod. 17. 1. and 38. 21. Numb. 3. 16, 39, &c.

Or, be fed; they shall receive their provisions from thy hand and according to thy disposal. Others shall kiss, viz. the hand, as inferiours used to do upon their address to or conference with great persons. See Io[illegible: 1+ letters] 31. 27. Hosea 13. 2. But it was frivolous for Ioseph to command them to do that which by the custom of the place they were obliged and wont to do. Some render the words thus, and that agreeable to the Hebrew, at thy mouth shall the people kiss. Which may be understood either properly, as inferiours did sometimes kiss their superiors in token of their homage. See 1 Sam. 10. 1. or rather metaphorically, as the same phrase is used Psal. 2. 12. Prov. 24. 26. receive all thy commands with reverence and submission.

i. e. In soveraign power and dignity.

Marginal references: Psal. 105. 21. Mac. 2. 53. Act. 7. 10.; Heb. armed or kiss.