The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . iihowed thee all this, there is no one so 118 LIFE OP JACOB, discreet and wise as thou art. Thoushall be over my house; all my peopleshall be governed agreeably to thy or-ders. Only in the throne will I be greaterthan thou. See, I have set thee over allthe land of Egypt.^ How marvellousare the ways of Providence! A youngHebrew slave is brought by a caravan toEgypt. He is bought by a great man,and on a false accusation imprisoned. Heremains in jail a number of years. Andthen, all at once, after having been aslave thirteen years, he is made the vice-roy of
The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . iihowed thee all this, there is no one so 118 LIFE OP JACOB, discreet and wise as thou art. Thoushall be over my house; all my peopleshall be governed agreeably to thy or-ders. Only in the throne will I be greaterthan thou. See, I have set thee over allthe land of Egypt.^ How marvellousare the ways of Providence! A youngHebrew slave is brought by a caravan toEgypt. He is bought by a great man,and on a false accusation imprisoned. Heremains in jail a number of years. Andthen, all at once, after having been aslave thirteen years, he is made the vice-roy of the kingdom! No one but Pha-raoh is above him, and his power isalmost absolute. Thus he is abundantlyrewarded for having resisted temptationto sin, and finds it not in vain to wait onthe Lord. Pharaoh then took off his ring, whichwas a symbol of authority, and put itupon the hand of Joseph. He alsocaused him to be clothed in fine linen,which was then exceedingly precious, andput a gold chain around his neck. He AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 119. also caused him to ride in the second cha-riot which he had ; and while Josephpassed along, the people saluted him bycries of, Boio the knee!^ Indeed, so ab-solute was the authority that Pharaohproclaimed : I am Pharaoh, and with-out thee shall no man lift up his hand orfoot in all the land of Egypt.^ He more-over gave Joseph the name of Zaphnath-Paaneahy which some interpret the Re-vealer of secrets ; and gave him for awife Jisenath^ daughter of a priest orprince of On, called Poti-Pherah. ^ * The original word has been variously ren-dered, but the greatest modem critics coincide inIhis version 120 LIFE OP JACOB, AVhen Joseph appeared before Pharaohhe was thirty years of age. Being placedin so important a station, he immediatelybegan his labours, by making a circuitthrough all the land of Egypt; probablyto build granaries, and appoint properofficers to receive the corn. As the yearsof plenty began at once, Joseph collectedgrain and other provisi
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