The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . Here Isaac dwelt, in a quiet old life wjis lengthened beyond thatof his father or his son: Abraham diedat the age of a hundred and seventy-five,but Isaac lived a hundred and eightyyears; and indeed,did not die until sometime after the distressing events Ave areabout to record of Joseph. Many yearsbefore, he had thought he was at the AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 81 point of death, and Esau seemed to thinkso too; but, after so long a period, theold man is still living. Esau and Jacobwere so far reconciled at the time of hisdecease, that they united in buryin
The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . Here Isaac dwelt, in a quiet old life wjis lengthened beyond thatof his father or his son: Abraham diedat the age of a hundred and seventy-five,but Isaac lived a hundred and eightyyears; and indeed,did not die until sometime after the distressing events Ave areabout to record of Joseph. Many yearsbefore, he had thought he was at the AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 81 point of death, and Esau seemed to thinkso too; but, after so long a period, theold man is still living. Esau and Jacobwere so far reconciled at the time of hisdecease, that they united in burying how God restrains the wrath of was the very point of time whichEsau had fixed for murdering his bro-ther. In order to refresh the readers memo-ry, the following table of Israels familyis given. Here you will see who werehis wives, and what children each Q DinahJ Twelve sons andone daughter. 82 LIFE OF JACOB, CHAPTER VI. Jacobs favourite—The coat of many colours—Josephsdreams—Josephs journey to Shechem and Dothan—He is seized by his brothers—Cast into a pit—Soldto the Ishmaelites. It was very natural that Jacob shouldfeel a partiality towards Joseph and Ben-jamin. They were not only the youngestof the family, but they were the childrenof the wife whom he chiefly loved. Inparticular, Joseph was beloved, as hewas of an age to be his aged fatherscompanion, while Benjamin was still aninfant. All the other brothers were menJ of mature age, and spent their time ac-tively as shepherds. Although Josephwas only a lad^ about seventeen yearsold, he joined them in feeding the he kept company with Dan,Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. They wereall bad men; and the youth saw their II AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 83 evil conduct, and gave information to hisfather. It is Hkely he did this, not as atale-bearer, but as a brother, whose duty
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