“... The king of Egypt gives Hadad food (“assigned a food allowance to him” [1 Kings 11:18]), corresponding to what was given to Jacob and his household on their arrival to Egypt, as told to Joseph by Pharaoh: “Tell your brothers . . . come to me; I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you shall live off the fat of the land” (Genesis 45:18); and as we read later on: “Joseph sustained his father, and his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, down to the little ones” (47:12). Pharaoh grants Hadad land in which to settle (“and granted him an estate” [1 Kings 11:18]), parallel to Pharaoh’s presenting the Land of Goshen to the Israelites on their arrival to Egypt (see, for example, Genesis 47:6, 11). In the tale of Hadad we read that “Hadad found great favor with Pharaoh” (1 Kings 11:19). We can compare this with what is told about Joseph in the Egyptian prison: “The Lord was with Joseph, He extended kindness to him and made him find favor with the chief jailer” (Genesis 39:21). ...”