. The Bible and its . n, theeldest, he said, Unstable as water, thou shalt notexcel. The race of Judah was to be a lions whelp,producing kings and law givers. Benjamin was tobring forth warriors, to raven as a wolf. Thechief glory, however, was reserved for Joseph. Theblessings of thy father have prevailed . . untothe utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shallbe on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of thehead of him that was separate from his brethren. Having finished his remarkable foretelling, Jacobdied; and Joseph, securing leave of Pharaoh, wentup into Palestine with all
. The Bible and its . n, theeldest, he said, Unstable as water, thou shalt notexcel. The race of Judah was to be a lions whelp,producing kings and law givers. Benjamin was tobring forth warriors, to raven as a wolf. Thechief glory, however, was reserved for Joseph. Theblessings of thy father have prevailed . . untothe utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shallbe on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of thehead of him that was separate from his brethren. Having finished his remarkable foretelling, Jacobdied; and Joseph, securing leave of Pharaoh, wentup into Palestine with all his brothers and buriedtheir father in the family cave at Hebron. Then thetwelve returned again into Egypt, where Joseph ruledthe land until his death. He also passed away witha prophecy for his brothers on his lips: I die; andGod will surely visit you, and bring you out of thisland into the land which he swore to Abraham, toIsaac, and to Jacob. Yet for a time the Israelites continued toabide in Egypt in wealth and m
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