Genesis 41:14

Shaved himself. Ancient Egyptian pictures and reliefs show Asiatics wearing long hair and beards, whereas the Egyptians shaved themselves. The Egyptian story of Sinuhe provides an interesting parallel to this episode in the life of Joseph, so thoroughly Egyptian itself. In this story a courtier who lived some 300 years before Joseph’s time tells of his return to the court of Pharaoh after a long period of exile in Canaan. He says, “I was shaved, and my hair was combed. ... I was clad in fine linen and anointed with choice oil.”