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On the verse "And Yosef was brought down to Mitzrayim," it is brought in Chassidic texts that the Yesod of Adam Kadmon descended to the level of the throat of Arich Anpin of kelipah, which is the concept of '''Pharaoh''', the upper neck.

The matter of the Sar HaMashkim (Chief Butler), Sar HaTabachim (Chief Butcher), and Sar Ha'Ofim (Chief Baker), who were the three ministers of Pharaoh, is that they draw their sustenance from the neck.

When Yosef was elevated, he clarified and cut off the sustenance of Pharaoh's three ministers from the neck, so they could no longer draw influence to the neck. This is the meaning of "For the exaltedness of G-d" - he drew down into the throat through the three ministers of kedushah, and through this there was a double-edged sword to separate the sustenance of Pharaoh's three ministers, and to clarify the aspect of the back of Arich Anpin.

When the Frierdiker Rebbe was a young child, his teacher Reb Shimshon explained to him Pharaoh's mindset - how he promised and then went back on his word, etc. The young Rebbe wasn't satisfied with the explanation until his teacher told him: "Moshe Rabbeinu alav hashalom was a chossid (specifically a Chabad chossid, who didn't want miracles, but rather wanted to be given the Torah, and when he would bring the Torah to Yisroel, they would know that Hashem sent him), and Pharaoh was a misnaged. And a misnaged, when things become comfortable, returns to his old ways."