Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ordainedyou master over all the land of Egypt. So Pharaoh took a ring from his hand and put itinto the hand of Joseph, and clothed him wath a richdouble cloak bordered with royal fur. He put agolden collar about his neck and led him to the royalchair. Then Pharaoh caused the trumpet to soundand the heralds to cry out that all men should kneelbefore Joseph, the chief ruler of all the land ofEgypt. And the king said to Joseph, I am your command shall no man move h
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ordainedyou master over all the land of Egypt. So Pharaoh took a ring from his hand and put itinto the hand of Joseph, and clothed him wath a richdouble cloak bordered with royal fur. He put agolden collar about his neck and led him to the royalchair. Then Pharaoh caused the trumpet to soundand the heralds to cry out that all men should kneelbefore Joseph, the chief ruler of all the land ofEgypt. And the king said to Joseph, I am your command shall no man move handnor foot in all the land of Egypt. At the same time, he changed Josephs name toone that in the tongue of the Egyptians meant TheSavior of the World. ^Moreover, he gave to the newruler, as his wife, Asenath, the daughter of the priest,Poti-phera. At this time, Joseph was about thirtyyears old. The seven years of plenty came, and the yield ofthe fields was greater than ever before. Josephtraveled round about all the region, and under hisdirection one-fifth of all the sheaves of corn were The Story ok Joseph 465. THE BROTHERS BOWED DOWN BEFORE JOSEPH brought into the barns, and of the abundance offruits, one-fifth was stored away in every town. Sogreat was the abundance that the corn might be com-pared to the sands of the sea; and it was impossibleto measure the great harvests. During the seven years of plenty before the famineand hunger came, Joseph had two sons. The firstof these he named jManasseh, saying, God has mademe to forget all my labors, and my fathers house hasforgotten me. The second son he named Ephraim,saying, God has made me to grow rich and power-ful in the land of my poverty. So passed the seven years of plenty and great fer-tility, and the seven years of scarcity and hungerbegan to come as Joseph had foretold. And all overthe world hunger and suffering grew universal, and 466 The Story of Joseph in the land of Egypt, too, there were hunger andscarcity. Wlien
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