1. ⁂⁂, ⁂⁂⁂⁂ or, at a later period ⁂⁂, signifies _one whose force is concealed or unseen_. It is a theological term, frequent at all periods of the Egyptian religion, and implies that the deity is not to be confounded with its external manifestation. The Sun that we see _hides_ as truly as it reveals the Sun-god; who, as this chapter shows, has other manifestations. 2. _Those in the Tuat_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂ called in the Pyramid Texts ⁂⁂⁂⁂, Pepi I, 185. The more recent texts read ⁂⁂⁂⁂ “the gods of the West.” 3. _Cf._ Pepi I, 174. 4. _Two divine Hawks upon your gables._ They are mentioned in the Pyramid Texts[77] as ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂, Teta, 183. They represent the two divisions, North and South, of the kingdom of Horus. _Cf._ Rochemonteix, _Edfu_, p. 55 and many other such passages as that found there. 5. _The Shrine which standeth in the centre of the Earth._ This Shrine is also mentioned in the ‘Book of Hades.’ _Cf._ Bonomi, Sarc. 4c. 6. _He is I, and I am He._ _Cf._ the Pyramid Text—“Oh Râ.... Teta is thou, and thou art Teta...., thou risest as Teta, and Teta riseth in thee, etc.,” Teta, 337. 7. _Ptah floateth over his firmament._ The meaning of the verb is shown in early texts by the determinative, as in the parallel passage of the 17th chapter. 8. _Oh gracious Power_, ⁂⁂⁂. The adjective is also written ⁂⁂⁂. The usual determinative ⁂ has its origin in the hieratic form of ⁂, see Prisse Papyrus. 9. _Kam-urȧ_ ⁂⁂⁂⁂, “The great Extender,” a name applied to Osiris, as the Nile. “Thy two sisters, Isis and Nephthys, come to thee, and they convey to thee _Kamit urit_ [the great Extent] in thy name of _Kam-urȧ_ [the great Extender].” Teta, 274. 10. _I bring to its fulness, etc._ The yearly inundation is the mature result of the innate force belonging to the god; the ἐνέργημα of his ἐνεργεία. This translation remains the same whether the reading be ⁂ or ⁂. 11. _Shoreless_, ⁂⁂⁂, ⁂ or ⁂, implies an enclosed space, a basin or channel with fixed limits. The inundation has no determinate banks. Its course is from south to north, hence the reference to the deities of the South. 12. _Shoulder_ and _Haunch_. The usual sacrificial joints. This passage was at an early date added to the paragraph which opens the chapter. 13. _The two goddesses of the West_, ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. It is said of Râ at Edfu ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂. “He setteth in the West.” The deities in question are Isis and Nephthys, who are also the deities of the East or Sunrise under the name of ⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂; Unas, 461. In the passage of the Pyramid Texts just referred to it is stated that these “divinities in _Ununait_ open their arms to the god as he stands up erect on the eastern side of the firmament.” _Ununait_ is the place of _rising_, _springing up_.