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JOSEPH BOLD BY HIS DRETHREN. a9
hands be not defiled, for he is our brother.'' The others
agreecl, and, thc merchants having come up, they drew Joseph
out of the pit nncl soli1 him for twenty pieces of silver.
Joseph wept and besought then1 to have pity upon him, but
in vain. The merchants took him away with them into
Egypt.
8. Rcnben, being absent at the moment, knew nothing of
this wicked bargain. On going to the pit into which Joscph
had been cast, and not finding him there, he rent his gayments
in despair, saying: " Tho boy doth not appcar, and
whither shall I go?" The other brothers remained quite
unconcerned.
9. EIaving killed a, kid, they dipped doseph's coat in the
blood and sent it to their father, snying: "Tllis me have
found ; sec if it be thy son's coat or no." The father, Lnoving
thc cost, mici : " It is my son's .coat ; n wild beast hat11
devoured Joseph." Then hc rent his garments, and, putting
on snclrcloth, mourned his son n. long time.
10. Hia children gathcrcd around and strove to soothe his
grief, but he ~vould not be comforted, saying: "I mill go
down to my son into the grave mourning." Jacob thus
expressed his 'uclief in tile i~nmortality of tl~c soul. Joseph
was here, as in some other circurnstnnces of his life, a figme of
Christ. Joscph was sold by his brct.hren ; our Lord by one
of His apostles. Joseph forgave his brethren ; Jesus prayed
for His enemies.
QUESTIONS.
1. How many sons had Jrrcob? Which of them did he love more
than the others? What aort of coat did Jacob have made for Jo-
seph ? 2. Why did the othcr brother8 Imte Josep11 ? TVbat remark-
abledream had Joseph 7 3. What else did he drcam? 4. What did
Jacob think n.iM~in himself? 6. Whcn Jacob clent Joseph to some
distallce from home, to sec if all were well with his brethren, what
did they say when t hy saw him coming P 6. M'hicl~ of the brothcro
songht to deliver Joseph from the ha11t1e of the others? Wbat did
Reubcn sey to them? What did they do to Joneph? Whom did
the lrrrnthcrs sea passing by? 7. Wbat did Jnda then say? To