Genesis 41:46

Joseph's age is here noted to teach us,

1. That Joseph's short affliction was recompensed with a much longer prosperity, even for eighty years.

2. That Joseph's excellent wisdom did not proceed from his large and long experience, but from the singular gift of God. He stood before Pharaoh, as his chief minister: to stand before another is the posture and designation of a servant, as 1 Samuel 16:21 Daniel 1:19. Went throughout all the land, to provide places for his stores, and to constitute officers for the management of them.