Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

The text of Genesis doesn’t give the reason, and any answer we give now is
baseless speculation. The reason could have been embezzlement or whatever.
That is, unless we find the court records that give the details, but given
the poor state of Egyptian history, is very unlikely.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 7:09 AM, <JimStinehart AT aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> Pharaoh has one of his top two Egyptian officers “impaled”/TLH (or hanged)
> at Genesis 40: 22.  The impaled officer was not involved with foreign
> affairs.  That most likely means that such domestic official had been part
> of an
> inside plot to assassinate Pharaoh.
>
> Jim Stinehart
> Evanston, Illinois