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my ~I~fitli, nnd vill ~nnka you go np out of this land, to the
lantl which Elr: slvorc to Abr:lh:~rn, JSZICG 011cl Jncob. C:trry
my hol~es ~\litli yon out of' this plncc." He then (liecl, nnd
they e~~b:\l~nc!rl llirn i~ntl lnid him in .z coflin.
6. The mo~.ds of Jncob to his son Jnda refer to the SaVior,
who ~vns cxpcctctl by tllc ;~:~tions, nnrl who was rlescer~decl
from .Tnilrc. The patrinroh Joscph is a figrue of St. Jbsnph,
the foster fntller of Christ. T11e onc was ruler in Egypt; the
otller is tlic? protector of tl~c Calllolic Churc!h.
QUESTIONS.
I. How long clid Jncob lirc in Gcs~nn? 1Vl1o went to visit him
vllen the clny of hia tfenth alqn-oached? Whom did ho pray to protect
.foseph's nona? Tlrl1at did hc any to Joseph? 2. To whom did
Jxoob give s ~jpecial biassing? IVlist did he prophesy far him P 3.
What did Jacob tltttlt tell his sous to do for him? \+'h:rt did Joaeph
do 9 TVl~atclid heordor to bedone? 4. What tljdYharaocommand?
71Thnt did Josoph do ~vllen the time of' mourning wae past? 6. How
long did .To~epli live? \f'hon Ilia end drew nigh, did he say to
his brethren 7 G. TJ'hat (lid Jacob promiee to Juda? Of whom was
Joseph a figure P
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Job's Patie?tce.
Whom the T,ord loveth He chnstiscth.-Hel. 19,6.
?J the timml of tlic pnkinrclis there lived in Arr~bin n man
I rvhon~ God wished to give to dl ini~nkind, nnrl for all
time, as n perreet nloclel of pnfianac. This man's name was
Job. He lind seven fioiirr :uld B ~ee daughters. He owncd
seven t11ous:tncl S~IL'CJI, tl~~*i?{? thousnnd cnmcls, five hundred
yolre of oxen, five lluildrerl die-asscs, and had agreatnumber
of ~t!r~-an ts.
2. On this xccor~nt, and still more becautuse of ki~ singular
piety, hc mm held in high esteem among the pc?aple of the
east. One clay the Lord said to Satan : " Hast thou considered
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the