The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . ng to the great Semiticbranch of the human family, long believed to be de-scended from the eldest son of Noah, Shem. Sincethe lapse of time which we have to consider is sovast, much of the history of the Hebrews must bepassed over in most rapid review. If we date theorigin of the Jews at the time when Abram wentsouthward from Haran, we are taken back to a mostremote past. As the mists of the morning timearise, a group of allied tribes, Moabites, Edomites,Ammonites, and Israelites, may be descried inSouthern Palestine, of which group the Israeli
The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . ng to the great Semiticbranch of the human family, long believed to be de-scended from the eldest son of Noah, Shem. Sincethe lapse of time which we have to consider is sovast, much of the history of the Hebrews must bepassed over in most rapid review. If we date theorigin of the Jews at the time when Abram wentsouthward from Haran, we are taken back to a mostremote past. As the mists of the morning timearise, a group of allied tribes, Moabites, Edomites,Ammonites, and Israelites, may be descried inSouthern Palestine, of which group the Israelites arefound in the territory extending westward. About1500 we can trace the Israelites in Goshen, fertilepasture lands in northern Egypt, where they ac-knowledge the dominion of the Pharaohs, but retaintheir own manners and institutions. The patriarchsIsaac and Jacob have played their part. Joseph,sold into bondage, has found favor in the eyes ofthe splendid monarch. Mindful of his brethren, hewithdraws them from the outer desert and gives. JUiiani INTERPKETIiNG PHARAOHs DREAiM. 14 THE STORY OF THE JEWS. them pleasant seats in the plain watered by the beau-tiful river, where instead of the famine which hasconstantly threatened them, they enjoy a perpetualabundance among the Egyptian flesh-pots. Atlength come darker days. Rulers succeed who for-get the hospitality of their predecessors. The He-brew strangers are reduced to slavery, in which statethey languish, until beneath the blow of Moses theEg}ptian task-master is smitten to the earth. Thebold rebel develops presently into a national cham-pion and leader, to whom the oppressed people sur-render their hearts. The Red Sea is passed andPharaoh is overwhelmed in the pursuit. The Law isgiven at Sinai, followed by the long wandering inthe desert. Moses, his aged eyes refreshed onMount Pisgah by the sight of the promised land,goes to his rest in the sepulchre over against Beth-Peor, whose place no man knoweth unto this day;an
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