| Genesis 41:42
| And he took his ring from his own hand, and gave it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold about his neck.
| His ring, the sign of power. Thus Alexander appointed Perdiccas to be his successor. (Curtius 10:5.) Assuerus gave his authority to Aman and to Mardocheus, Esther 3. and Esther 8. --- Silk, or fine cotton; shesh (or ssoss). See byssus, Exodus 25:4. --- Chain, with which the president of the senate in Egypt, or the chief justice, was adorned. The three chief officers among the Chaldees wore chains, Daniel 5:7, 16. (Calmet)
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