. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. large quantity.* He detained with him only his youngest son Benjamin, theonly son of his beloved Rachel now remaining to him, and who had succeeded to the place inhis fathers tenderest affections which his full-brother Joseph had once occupied. Benjaminwas at this time twenty-six years of age. Jacobs sorrowful remembrance of Josephs lossmade him reluctant to trust his Benjamin from home, especially on such a journey ; Lest,said he, some mischief befall him on the way. Among the foreigners who came
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. large quantity.* He detained with him only his youngest son Benjamin, theonly son of his beloved Rachel now remaining to him, and who had succeeded to the place inhis fathers tenderest affections which his full-brother Joseph had once occupied. Benjaminwas at this time twenty-six years of age. Jacobs sorrowful remembrance of Josephs lossmade him reluctant to trust his Benjamin from home, especially on such a journey ; Lest,said he, some mischief befall him on the way. Among the foreigners who came to buy corn in Egypt were the ten sons of Jacob. Itseems that, although the Egyptians themselves could purchase their corn of the officers whomJoseph had appointed for the purposes of the distribution, no strangers coidd obtain corn untilthey had received the special permission of Joseph. The sons of Jacob therefore presentedthemselves at his audience; and now, fulfilling at once the dreams which in their angerthey had vainly endeavoured to frustrate, they bowed themselves before him as the. [Bowius; before a Public • This is apparent from his sending so large a party. That there were no more asses to bear the corn than tliere «ere men, isa common but surpassingly strange notion. One man can manage several beasts of , and doubtless each of Jacobs tensous had several under liis charge. Chap. I.] JOSEPH. 127 governor of the land. Twenty-two years had passed since they sold him for a slave. Hewas then a mere lad of seventeen, and now had reached the staid age of thirty-nine; a greatchange had therefore taken place in his personal appearance, and they could scarcely haveknown him under any circvmistances, much less now, when he appeared before them as a greatEgyptian lord, surrounded by every circumstance of honour and distinction, and speaking tothem through an interpreter. Little could they think that this was he whom they must havesupposed, if alive, to be t
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