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Zaphnath-Paaneah

ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH, or Pseuthophanech. ‘Tis thus the Septuagint,1 and after them Josephus, express the Name that Pharoah gave Joseph. Moses says,2 he called him Zaphnath-paaneah, which St. Jerome translated by Salvatorem mundi; but the greatest part of Interpreters by one that discovers hidden things.

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    1. Gen. xli. 45. Ψευδοφανεχ. Joseph. Antiq. l. 2. c. 3. p. 44. Ψουδομφανηχον.
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  1. צפנת פענחZaphnath Paanach. ↩

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