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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30218 ***
+
+   [Illustration: Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers.]
+
+
+                                JOSEPH
+
+                             THE DREAMER
+
+
+
+                           By AMY STEEDMAN
+
+
+                            [Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                         THOMAS NELSON & SONS
+
+                               NEW YORK
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Story of Joseph
+
+[Illustration: The coat of many colours.]
+
+
+This is the story of Joseph, the boy who had the strangest and most
+exciting adventures of any boy who ever lived.
+
+Joseph was but a little lad when his mother died. His father, Jacob,
+had loved that mother more than any one else in the world, so that
+when she died leaving Joseph and a baby brother, Benjamin, all the
+love in the father's heart turned to his two little sons.
+
+The elder brothers were strong, grown-up men, quite able to look
+after themselves, and no longer needing their father's care; so
+perhaps it was no wonder that Jacob made a special favourite of the
+little lad Joseph, and loved him best.
+
+At first the older brothers took no notice of their father's way with
+the younger boy; but as Joseph grew older they began to feel uneasy
+and envious. Why should this child be marked out for special favour?
+Their father took no pains to hide the fact that the boy was the apple
+of his eye. Even his clothes showed this.
+
+While the brothers wore the ordinary shepherd clothing, Joseph had a
+beautiful coat of many colours. His father had made it for him of
+different pieces of coloured cloth joined together, and it was so gay
+and beautiful that every one who saw him wearing it said, "This must
+be the son of a great chief!"
+
+But if the gay coat made them angry, they were more angry still when
+Joseph began to dream strange dreams, which he always told to them.
+
+As they sat around in the fields watching the sheep, the boy would
+come running to them, full of excitement, as he begged them to listen
+to a wonderful dream he had had.
+
+"Hear, I pray thee, this dream that I have dreamed!" he cried, sitting
+down amongst them. "We were binding sheaves in a field, and lo! my
+sheaf arose and also stood upright, and, behold, your sheaves stood
+round about and bowed to my sheaf!"
+
+Another time his dream was about the stars; the sun and moon and
+eleven stars, he said, had all bowed down before him. This was really
+more than his brothers could bear. Did he really think he was going to
+rule over them? Were they to bow down before this boasting boy in his
+fine coat?
+
+Even his father did not quite approve of these dreams. But Joseph had
+not really meant to boast. It was the wonder of the dreams that made
+him repeat them. If he was proud of his coat of many colours, it was
+only because it was a gift from his father. He was a straightforward
+good-natured boy, clever and brave, and ready to take his turn in
+watching the flocks or helping his brothers with their work in the
+fields.
+
+But it grew day by day more difficult to keep the peace at home, and
+the only quiet times were when the elder brothers went farther afield
+to find new pasture for their flocks.
+
+It was at one of these times, when the brothers had been gone for some
+time, that Jacob called Joseph to him, and bade him go and find his
+brothers, and bring back news if they were safe and well.
+
+Joseph was now a lad of about seventeen, and this would be the first
+journey he had taken by himself, so he was eager to show that he was
+to be trusted, and he set out most cheerfully.
+
+After some days he arrived at Shechem, where his father had told him
+he would find his brothers. But he could find no signs of them there.
+Unwilling to go home without news, Joseph wandered about until he met
+a man who directed him to a place farther on where his brothers might
+be, and at last he caught sight of their tents in a field far ahead.
+How lucky he was to find them, he thought to himself, as he hurried
+forward eager to meet them.
+
+It was a clear day, and the shepherds' keen eyes could see far along
+the winding road that stretched out across the low hills towards
+Shechem. Long before Joseph came within hail, his brothers saw his
+figure in the distance hastening towards them. Perhaps it was the gay
+colour of his coat that first told them who it was, and perhaps it was
+the coat that reminded them of their hate and envy, and brought back
+to their memory again those dreams so full of pride.
+
+"Behold, this dreamer cometh!" they said one to another. "Come now,
+therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we
+will say, 'Some evil beast hath devoured him!' and we shall see what
+will become of his dreams."
+
+With dark looks of hate they watched the gay figure coming so joyfully
+towards them, and only one heart felt any pity for the boy. Reuben,
+the eldest brother, made up his mind quickly that he would save him if
+possible. Only he must set to work cunningly, for those other nine
+brothers were very determined men.
+
+So he began by suggesting that it seemed quite unnecessary to kill
+the boy themselves when the easiest plan would be just to put him down
+the pit, which was close at hand, and there leave him to die. (For he
+thought if he could persuade them to do this he would come back and
+save Joseph when the others had gone.) Never dreaming of evil, Joseph
+came on, and now he ran eagerly up to them and began to give them
+their father's message.
+
+[Illustration: "Behold, this dreamer cometh!"]
+
+But the rough hands held out to him were not held out in welcome. The
+brothers seized the boy and savagely tore off his beautiful coat, as
+if the very sight of it hurt their eyes, and then they hurried him
+towards the pit which Reuben had pointed out.
+
+Then Joseph knew that they meant to kill him. He knew that if they
+threw him into one of those deep narrow pits there was no chance of
+climbing up its steep sides, even if he were not immediately drowned
+in the water which often gathered at the bottom.
+
+Was he never to see his father and little brother again? never to
+spend any more happy days in the fields under the blue sky? It was
+useless to cry out and beg for pity. Reuben, the eldest brother, who
+might have helped him, was not there, and the others he knew were
+merciless.
+
+The pit was reached, and in spite of his cries strong hands pushed him
+forward and over the edge. Down, down he fell into the blackness,
+until with a terrible thud he reached the bottom. There was no water
+to break his fall, for the pit was dry.
+
+Well--that was done! The cruel brothers went off to a little distance
+and began to eat their midday meal. But scarcely had they begun when
+they caught sight of a company of travellers passing along the road
+close by. There was a long train of camels laden with spices,
+evidently on their way down to Egypt.
+
+[Illustration: "They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites."
+
+Gen. xxxvii. 28.]
+
+Here was a splendid opportunity of making some money out of their evil
+plan. Instead of leaving Joseph to starve in the pit, they would fetch
+him out and sell him to these merchants. Most likely they would get
+a good price for such a strong young slave.
+
+[Illustration: They hurried him towards the pit.]
+
+Perhaps when Joseph heard their voices at the pit's mouth, and when
+they drew him up and lifted him out into the sunshine again, he
+thought for a moment that they meant to be kind to him after all. But
+that thought soon vanished.
+
+The Midianite merchants were waiting, the bargain was struck, and very
+soon a rope was bound round his hands, and he was tied to the saddle
+of the man who had bought him. He knew now they had only taken him
+out of the pit to sell him as a slave.
+
+Meanwhile Reuben had been keeping out of sight, waiting to return and
+rescue his young brother as soon as it was safe to do so. Very
+cautiously at last he stole back. But, alas! when he reached the pit
+he found that it was empty. In his distress he forgot his caution, and
+cared no longer if his brothers guessed what he had meant to do.
+
+"The child is not, and I, whither shall I go?" he cried to them in
+bitter sorrow when he met them.
+
+With angry, sullen looks they told him that Joseph was now far away on
+his road to Egypt. Reuben must keep their secret. There was but one
+thing to be done. Joseph's coat lay there, just as they had torn it
+off his back. They would dip the coat in goat's blood and carry it to
+their father.
+
+The poor, gay-coloured little coat, all blood-stained and torn, was
+brought and held up before Jacob's eyes.
+
+"This have we found," said the brothers; "know now whether it be thy
+son's coat or no?"
+
+Did he not, indeed, know that coat of many colours? Had he not matched
+and joined together each of the pieces? Had not his heart been filled
+with pride and love as he watched the boy wearing it with such a
+gallant air?
+
+"It is my son's coat!" he cried with a bitter cry of grief; "an evil
+beast hath devoured him! Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"
+
+[Illustration: He was tied to the saddle of the man who had bought
+him.]
+
+It might perhaps have seemed better just then for Joseph if he had
+been dead instead of being carried away into slavery. It was a
+terrible fate, and he might well have become sullen and hopeless in
+the strange land of Egypt to which the merchantmen took him.
+
+But instead of being sorry for himself, and thinking only of the
+unkindness and wickedness of his cruel brothers, he made the best of
+everything, and set himself to do his new hard work as well as
+possible. If he was a slave he would, at any rate, be a thoroughly
+good slave.
+
+And very soon his master, Potiphar, found that this fair-haired,
+good-looking Hebrew boy was one to be trusted, and, as time went on,
+he not only gave him his freedom, but made him the chief servant of
+the house-hold. Then, just when happy days began to dawn for Joseph,
+misfortune once more overtook him.
+
+His master's wife accused him of doing wrong, and declared he was
+thoroughly bad. And so all his well-deserved favours were taken from
+him, and he was put into prison.
+
+Even in prison Joseph's quiet goodness and his wise ways made him a
+favourite. He was the friend of all the other prisoners, and before
+long he became the governor's right hand.
+
+Still it was weary work to be shut up in prison, and he longed with
+all his heart for freedom, and a chance to win a place for himself in
+the great world. He knew that Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, was not
+unfriendly to strangers. If only he could reach his ear all might be
+well.
+
+At last the chance came. There were two of Pharaoh's servants in the
+prison--one, the king's cup-bearer, and the other his chief baker, and
+both these were sorely troubled one night because of the dreams they
+had dreamt. They were sure these dreams had a meaning, but who was to
+explain them?
+
+[Illustration: "Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"]
+
+Now Joseph had learned to know a great deal about dreams, and so he
+listened to these men and told them what he thought their dreams must
+mean.
+
+The chief baker's dream was a sad one. He had dreamt of three baskets
+which he carried on his head--baskets filled with the king's food--but
+the birds had come and eaten up all the food. "Alas!" said Joseph,
+"the three baskets must mean three days, and in three days the baker
+must be hanged, and the birds would come and eat his flesh."
+
+But the cup-bearer's dream was a happy one, for he had seen a vine
+which bore three clusters of grapes, which he had pressed out into the
+king's cup and presented to Pharaoh. The three clusters of grapes were
+again three days, said Joseph, and in three days' time the cup-bearer
+would be once more free and hand the king his golden cup.
+
+"But think of me when it shall be well with thee," added Joseph to the
+cup-bearer, "and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention
+of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For, indeed, I was
+stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done
+nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
+
+In three days all that Joseph had said came true. The chief baker was
+hanged, and the chief butler was set free, and stood once more before
+the king; only he quite forgot the man who had been so kind to him in
+prison, and for two years never once thought of Joseph.
+
+But at last something happened that reminded him. Once again it was a
+dream, but this time the dreamer was Pharaoh, the great king. He had
+sent for all the cleverest men in the land to explain his dreams to
+him, but no one could find a meaning for them.
+
+Then the cup-bearer suddenly remembered Joseph, and came and told the
+king all that had happened to him when he was in prison. Surely it
+would be worth while to try this man. So Pharaoh sent and brought
+Joseph out of prison, and asked him if it was true that he could tell
+the meaning of dreams.
+
+[Illustration: He told them what he thought their dreams must mean.]
+
+There was no pride nor boastfulness in Joseph's answer. Of himself, he
+said, he could do nothing; but with God's help he would tell the king
+all that he could.
+
+So Pharaoh told his dreams, and as Joseph listened he knew at once
+that they had been sent as a warning from God. Seven years of good
+harvests and plenty of food were coming, and after that seven years
+of famine, when, if all the food of the good years was eaten up, the
+people would starve. The warning dreams had been sent so that the corn
+might be saved up and stored. And it would be a good plan, said
+Joseph, to find the very wisest and best man in all the land who would
+undertake to do this.
+
+Pharaoh listened thoughtfully, and soon made up his mind. He felt at
+once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.
+
+"Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this," he said, "there is none
+so discreet and wise as thou art. Thou shalt be over my house, and
+according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled. Only in the
+throne will I be greater than thou."
+
+What a wonderful adventure this was for Joseph! One day only a poor
+unknown prisoner, and the next the lord and ruler over all the land of
+Egypt--next only to the king in power.
+
+But although Joseph's outside life was changed, he himself remained
+just the same. He was as keen as ever on doing his best, as brave and
+fearless in serving God and the king, as wise in ruling as he had been
+in serving.
+
+So when the years of famine came there were great stores of corn laid
+up to feed the Egyptians, and not only the people of Egypt, but
+strangers from other lands came to Joseph, the Ruler, to buy food.
+
+[Illustration: He felt at once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.]
+
+Then it was that one day ten tired, travel-stained men arrived at the
+city, saying they had come from the far-distant land of Canaan to buy
+corn for their wives and families, who were starving.
+
+Joseph knew them at once. They were his ten brothers--those brothers
+whom he had last seen when, as a helpless boy, he had knelt and begged
+them for mercy. Now they came kneeling to the great ruler, little
+dreaming that this powerful prince was the young brother they had
+betrayed and sold into slavery.
+
+And Joseph did not mean to tell them just yet. He pretended to take
+them for spies, and he spoke roughly to them.
+
+"Thy servants are no spies," the brothers answered humbly. "We are the
+sons of one man, in the land of Canaan, and, behold, the youngest is
+this day with our father, and one is not."
+
+Even then Joseph pretended that he did not believe them. No, they must
+first prove their words by bringing their youngest brother to him.
+They might leave one of their number behind as a hostage, and take
+corn for their families, and return to fetch their brother. This he
+said because he longed to see Benjamin again.
+
+The men listened sadly to what the great man said. They must have the
+corn or their families would starve. And yet how could they leave one
+of their brothers behind when they knew their father would never allow
+Benjamin to return with them.
+
+"This is just what we deserve," they said to one another. "We would
+not listen to Joseph when he begged for mercy, and now this is our
+punishment."
+
+"Did I not beg you not to hurt the child?" said Reuben.
+
+They did not know, of course, that the great ruler could understand
+what they were saying in their own language; but as Joseph listened
+he was obliged to turn away to hide the tears that were in his eyes.
+
+[Illustration: Lord and ruler over all the land of Egypt.]
+
+There was nothing for it but to agree to the conditions, so it was
+decided that Simeon should be left behind, and the order was given
+that all the sacks should be filled with corn, and that every man's
+ass should be laden with as much corn as could be carried; only,
+instead of taking money for the corn, Joseph ordered that it should be
+secretly hidden in the sacks, each man's money in his sack of corn.
+
+So the men started off on their journey home, and travelling all day
+came at night to an inn to rest. There one of the men opened his sack
+to give his ass some food. What, then, was his surprise to find his
+bundle of money tied up in the mouth of his sack!
+
+The other brothers gathered round and looked on in amazement. Yes, it
+was quite true. There was the money which was the price of the
+corn--not a penny of it taken! What could it mean?
+
+But they were still more amazed when at last they came to their
+journey's end and found, when they opened their sacks, that all their
+money had been returned. There was a bundle of money in each sack!
+
+It was so strange that they grew uneasy and frightened. Then, too,
+they were obliged to tell their father that Simeon had been left
+behind as a hostage, and that the great lord of the country had taken
+them for spies, and had demanded that Benjamin should return with them
+before he would believe their story.
+
+But Jacob would not hear of parting with his youngest son. Had he not
+lost two sons already, first his beloved Joseph, and now Simeon?
+
+"Will you also take Benjamin from me?" he asked. "All these things are
+against me!"
+
+In vain Reuben promised that he would bring Benjamin safely back.
+Jacob only shook his head.
+
+"My son shall not go down with you," he said. "His brother is dead,
+and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by the way in the which
+ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
+grave!"
+
+[Illustration: There was the money which was the price of the corn.]
+
+Now that was all very well while the corn lasted; but when the famine
+still went on, and all the corn was eaten up, there was nothing to be
+done but to go back to Egypt and try to buy some more.
+
+And it was no use going without Benjamin, for had not the great lord
+of the country declared, "Ye shall not see my face except your brother
+be with you."
+
+So at last Jacob was obliged to let his precious son go with his
+brothers, although it almost broke his heart to part with him.
+
+Now Joseph had been quite sure that his brothers would return, and
+when at last they appeared he was overjoyed to see that Benjamin was
+with them. He ordered a great feast to be made, and invited them all
+to dine with him; but still he kept his secret, and they did not guess
+who he was, although they could not help noticing that Benjamin was
+singled out for special favor.
+
+So their sacks were filled again with corn, and the brothers prepared
+to set out joyfully on their return journey. Only this time Joseph had
+ordered his servants to put his silver cup into Benjamin's sack.
+
+The men had not gone far before they were overtaken by the great
+ruler's servants, who accused them of stealing their lord's silver
+cup. Of course they indignantly denied this; but when the baggage was
+searched the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
+
+Now indeed was their joy turned into blackest sorrow. They must go
+back at once to try and explain matters to the lord of the land. But
+would he listen to them?
+
+At first Joseph pretended to be very angry, but as he listened to
+their tale and heard how they dared not face their father without the
+beloved youngest son, he saw that they had earned his forgiveness, and
+he kept up the pretence no longer. Sending all the servants away he
+held out his hands to his brothers, his eyes blinded with tears.
+
+"I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt," he said. "Now,
+therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me
+hither, for God did send me before you to preserve life."
+
+At first the brothers could scarcely believe their ears. Could this
+great lord really be their little brother Joseph? And could he really
+forgive them their cruelty?
+
+Then Joseph put his arm round Benjamin's neck and kissed him, and
+afterwards kissed each of his other brothers, so that they began to
+feel that the wonderful story was real and not a mere dream.
+
+There was no fear of famine for them now. Nothing in all the land was
+too good for the brothers of the great ruler, and ere long there were
+wagons and camels on their way to Canaan to fetch Jacob, the old
+father, and all the wives and children belonging to the ten brothers.
+They would all now share in Joseph's good fortune.
+
+So Jacob's sorrow was turned into joy when the news was brought to him
+that Joseph was alive and was governor over all the land of Egypt.
+
+It sounded almost like a magic tale, and at first Jacob could not
+believe it; but at last, when he saw the wagons and heard Joseph's own
+message to him, his heart was filled with joy and thankfulness.
+
+"It is enough," he cried. "Joseph, my son, is yet alive; I will go
+and see him before I die."
+
+It was a long journey for such an old man; but joy gave him strength
+to endure it, and at the end Joseph stood waiting to welcome
+him--Joseph the great ruler, clad in rich robes, living in princely
+state, whose word was law, and who held the highest honors in the
+land.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+BOOKS IN THIS SERIES
+
+
+JOSEPH THE DREAMER
+
+THE BABE IN THE BULRUSHES
+
+DAVID THE SHEPHERD BOY
+
+THE CHILD JESUS
+
+THE GOOD PHYSICIAN
+
+THE GOOD SHEPHERD
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Joseph the Dreamer, by Amy Steedman
+
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+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/frontis.jpg" width="500" height="693" alt="Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers." title="" />
+<span class="caption">Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers.</span>
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+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h1>
+JOSEPH<br />
+THE DREAMER</h1>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h2>By AMY STEEDMAN</h2>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
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+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>THOMAS NELSON &amp; SONS</h3>
+<h4>NEW YORK</h4>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_002.jpg" width="500" height="447" alt="The coat of many colours." title="" />
+<span class="caption">The coat of many colours.</span>
+</div>
+<h2>The Story of Joseph</h2>
+
+
+<p>This is the story of Joseph, the boy who had the strangest and most
+exciting adventures of any boy who ever lived.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph was but a little lad when his mother died. His father, Jacob,
+had loved that mother more than any one else in the world, so that
+when she died leaving Joseph and a baby brother, Benjamin, all the
+love in the father's heart turned to his two little sons.</p>
+
+<p>The elder brothers were strong, grown-up men, quite able to look
+after themselves, and no longer needing their father's care; so
+perhaps it was no wonder that Jacob made a special favourite of the
+little lad Joseph, and loved him best.</p>
+
+<p>At first the older brothers took no notice of their father's way with
+the younger boy; but as Joseph grew older they began to feel uneasy
+and envious. Why should this child be marked out for special favour?
+Their father took no pains to hide the fact that the boy was the apple
+of his eye. Even his clothes showed this.</p>
+
+<p>While the brothers wore the ordinary shepherd clothing, Joseph had a
+beautiful coat of many colours. His father had made it for him of
+different pieces of coloured cloth joined together, and it was so gay
+and beautiful that every one who saw him wearing it said, "This must
+be the son of a great chief!"</p>
+
+<p>But if the gay coat made them angry, they were more angry still when
+Joseph began to dream strange dreams, which he always told to them.</p>
+
+<p>As they sat around in the fields watching the sheep, the boy would
+come running to them, full of excitement, as he begged them to listen
+to a wonderful dream he had had.</p>
+
+<p>"Hear, I pray thee, this dream that I have dreamed!" he cried, sitting
+down amongst them. "We were binding sheaves in a field, and lo! my
+sheaf arose and also stood upright, and, behold, your sheaves stood
+round about and bowed to my sheaf!"</p>
+
+<p>Another time his dream was about the stars; the sun and moon and
+eleven stars, he said, had all bowed down before him. This was really
+more than his brothers could bear. Did he really think he was going to
+rule over them? Were they to bow down before this boasting boy in his
+fine coat?</p>
+
+<p>Even his father did not quite approve of these dreams. But Joseph had
+not really meant to boast. It was the wonder of the dreams that made
+him repeat them. If he was proud of his coat of many colours, it was
+only because it was a gift from his father. He was a straightforward
+good-natured boy, clever and brave, and ready to take his turn in
+watching the flocks or helping his brothers with their work in the
+fields.</p>
+
+<p>But it grew day by day more difficult to keep the peace at home, and
+the only quiet times were when the elder brothers went farther afield
+to find new pasture for their flocks.</p>
+
+<p>It was at one of these times, when the brothers had been gone for some
+time, that Jacob called Joseph to him, and bade him go and find his
+brothers, and bring back news if they were safe and well.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph was now a lad of about seventeen, and this would be the first
+journey he had taken by himself, so he was eager to show that he was
+to be trusted, and he set out most cheerfully.</p>
+
+<p>After some days he arrived at Shechem, where his father had told him
+he would find his brothers. But he could find no signs of them there.
+Unwilling to go home without news, Joseph wandered about until he met
+a man who directed him to a place farther on where his brothers might
+be, and at last he caught sight of their tents in a field far ahead.
+How lucky he was to find them, he thought to himself, as he hurried
+forward eager to meet them.</p>
+
+<p>It was a clear day, and the shepherds' keen eyes could see far along
+the winding road that stretched out across the low hills towards
+Shechem. Long before Joseph came within hail, his brothers saw his
+figure in the distance hastening towards them. Perhaps it was the gay
+colour of his coat that first told them who it was, and perhaps it was
+the coat that reminded them of their hate and envy, and brought back
+to their memory again those dreams so full of pride.</p>
+
+<p>"Behold, this dreamer cometh!" they said one to another. "Come now,
+therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we
+will say, 'Some evil beast hath devoured him!' and we shall see what
+will become of his dreams."</p>
+
+<p>With dark looks of hate they watched the gay figure coming so joyfully
+towards them, and only one heart felt any pity for the boy. Reuben,
+the eldest brother, made up his mind quickly that he would save him if
+possible. Only he must set to work cunningly, for those other nine
+brothers were very determined men.</p>
+
+<p>So he began by suggesting that it seemed quite unnecessary to kill
+the boy themselves when the easiest plan would be just to put him down
+the pit, which was close at hand, and there leave him to die. (For he
+thought if he could persuade them to do this he would come back and
+save Joseph when the others had gone.) Never dreaming of evil, Joseph
+came on, and now he ran eagerly up to them and began to give them
+their father's message.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_003.jpg" width="500" height="420" alt="&quot;Behold, this dreamer cometh!&quot;" title="" />
+<span class="caption">&quot;Behold, this dreamer cometh!&quot;</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>But the rough hands held out to him were not held out in welcome. The
+brothers seized the boy and savagely tore off his beautiful coat, as
+if the very sight of it hurt their eyes, and then they hurried him
+towards the pit which Reuben had pointed out.</p>
+
+<p>Then Joseph knew that they meant to kill him. He knew that if they
+threw him into one of those deep narrow pits there was no chance of
+climbing up its steep sides, even if he were not immediately drowned
+in the water which often gathered at the bottom.</p>
+
+<p>Was he never to see his father and little brother again? never to
+spend any more happy days in the fields under the blue sky? It was
+useless to cry out and beg for pity. Reuben, the eldest brother, who
+might have helped him, was not there, and the others he knew were
+merciless.</p>
+
+<p>The pit was reached, and in spite of his cries strong hands pushed him
+forward and over the edge. Down, down he fell into the blackness,
+until with a terrible thud he reached the bottom. There was no water
+to break his fall, for the pit was dry.</p>
+
+<p>Well&mdash;that was done! The cruel brothers went off to a little distance
+and began to eat their midday meal. But scarcely had they begun when
+they caught sight of a company of travellers passing along the road
+close by. There was a long train of camels laden with spices,
+evidently on their way down to Egypt.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_004.jpg" width="500" height="699" alt="&quot;They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites.&quot;
+
+Gen. xxxvii. 28." title="" />
+<span class="caption">&quot;They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites.&quot;
+<br />
+Gen. xxxvii. 28.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Here was a splendid opportunity of making some money out of their evil
+plan. Instead of leaving Joseph to starve in the pit, they would fetch
+him out and sell him to these merchants. Most likely they would get
+a good price for such a strong young slave.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_005.jpg" width="500" height="431" alt="They hurried him towards the pit." title="" />
+<span class="caption">They hurried him towards the pit.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Perhaps when Joseph heard their voices at the pit's mouth, and when
+they drew him up and lifted him out into the sunshine again, he
+thought for a moment that they meant to be kind to him after all. But
+that thought soon vanished.</p>
+
+<p>The Midianite merchants were waiting, the bargain was struck, and very
+soon a rope was bound round his hands, and he was tied to the saddle
+of the man who had bought him. He knew now they had only taken him
+out of the pit to sell him as a slave.</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile Reuben had been keeping out of sight, waiting to return and
+rescue his young brother as soon as it was safe to do so. Very
+cautiously at last he stole back. But, alas! when he reached the pit
+he found that it was empty. In his distress he forgot his caution, and
+cared no longer if his brothers guessed what he had meant to do.</p>
+
+<p>"The child is not, and I, whither shall I go?" he cried to them in
+bitter sorrow when he met them.</p>
+
+<p>With angry, sullen looks they told him that Joseph was now far away on
+his road to Egypt. Reuben must keep their secret. There was but one
+thing to be done. Joseph's coat lay there, just as they had torn it
+off his back. They would dip the coat in goat's blood and carry it to
+their father.</p>
+
+<p>The poor, gay-coloured little coat, all blood-stained and torn, was
+brought and held up before Jacob's eyes.</p>
+
+<p>"This have we found," said the brothers; "know now whether it be thy
+son's coat or no?"</p>
+
+<p>Did he not, indeed, know that coat of many colours? Had he not matched
+and joined together each of the pieces? Had not his heart been filled
+with pride and love as he watched the boy wearing it with such a
+gallant air?</p>
+
+<p>"It is my son's coat!" he cried with a bitter cry of grief; "an evil
+beast hath devoured him! Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_006.jpg" width="500" height="460" alt="He was tied to the saddle of the man who had bought
+him." title="" />
+<span class="caption">He was tied to the saddle of the man who had bought
+him.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>It might perhaps have seemed better just then for Joseph if he had
+been dead instead of being carried away into slavery. It was a
+terrible fate, and he might well have become sullen and hopeless in
+the strange land of Egypt to which the merchantmen took him.</p>
+
+<p>But instead of being sorry for himself, and thinking only of the
+unkindness and wickedness of his cruel brothers, he made the best of
+everything, and set himself to do his new hard work as well as
+possible. If he was a slave he would, at any rate, be a thoroughly
+good slave.</p>
+
+<p>And very soon his master, Potiphar, found that this fair-haired,
+good-looking Hebrew boy was one to be trusted, and, as time went on,
+he not only gave him his freedom, but made him the chief servant of
+the house-hold. Then, just when happy days began to dawn for Joseph,
+misfortune once more overtook him.</p>
+
+<p>His master's wife accused him of doing wrong, and declared he was
+thoroughly bad. And so all his well-deserved favours were taken from
+him, and he was put into prison.</p>
+
+<p>Even in prison Joseph's quiet goodness and his wise ways made him a
+favourite. He was the friend of all the other prisoners, and before
+long he became the governor's right hand.</p>
+
+<p>Still it was weary work to be shut up in prison, and he longed with
+all his heart for freedom, and a chance to win a place for himself in
+the great world. He knew that Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, was not
+unfriendly to strangers. If only he could reach his ear all might be
+well.</p>
+
+<p>At last the chance came. There were two of Pharaoh's servants in the
+prison&mdash;one, the king's cup-bearer, and the other his chief baker, and
+both these were sorely troubled one night because of the dreams they
+had dreamt. They were sure these dreams had a meaning, but who was to
+explain them?</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_007.jpg" width="500" height="438" alt="&quot;Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!&quot;" title="" />
+<span class="caption">&quot;Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!&quot;</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Now Joseph had learned to know a great deal about dreams, and so he
+listened to these men and told them what he thought their dreams must
+mean.</p>
+
+<p>The chief baker's dream was a sad one. He had dreamt of three baskets
+which he carried on his head&mdash;baskets filled with the king's food&mdash;but
+the birds had come and eaten up all the food. "Alas!" said Joseph,
+"the three baskets must mean three days, and in three days the baker
+must be hanged, and the birds would come and eat his flesh."</p>
+
+<p>But the cup-bearer's dream was a happy one, for he had seen a vine
+which bore three clusters of grapes, which he had pressed out into the
+king's cup and presented to Pharaoh. The three clusters of grapes were
+again three days, said Joseph, and in three days' time the cup-bearer
+would be once more free and hand the king his golden cup.</p>
+
+<p>"But think of me when it shall be well with thee," added Joseph to the
+cup-bearer, "and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention
+of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For, indeed, I was
+stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done
+nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."</p>
+
+<p>In three days all that Joseph had said came true. The chief baker was
+hanged, and the chief butler was set free, and stood once more before
+the king; only he quite forgot the man who had been so kind to him in
+prison, and for two years never once thought of Joseph.</p>
+
+<p>But at last something happened that reminded him. Once again it was a
+dream, but this time the dreamer was Pharaoh, the great king. He had
+sent for all the cleverest men in the land to explain his dreams to
+him, but no one could find a meaning for them.</p>
+
+<p>Then the cup-bearer suddenly remembered Joseph, and came and told the
+king all that had happened to him when he was in prison. Surely it
+would be worth while to try this man. So Pharaoh sent and brought
+Joseph out of prison, and asked him if it was true that he could tell
+the meaning of dreams.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_008.jpg" width="500" height="421" alt="He told them what he thought their dreams must mean." title="" />
+<span class="caption">He told them what he thought their dreams must mean.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>There was no pride nor boastfulness in Joseph's answer. Of himself, he
+said, he could do nothing; but with God's help he would tell the king
+all that he could.</p>
+
+<p>So Pharaoh told his dreams, and as Joseph listened he knew at once
+that they had been sent as a warning from God. Seven years of good
+harvests and plenty of food were coming, and after that seven years
+of famine, when, if all the food of the good years was eaten up, the
+people would starve. The warning dreams had been sent so that the corn
+might be saved up and stored. And it would be a good plan, said
+Joseph, to find the very wisest and best man in all the land who would
+undertake to do this.</p>
+
+<p>Pharaoh listened thoughtfully, and soon made up his mind. He felt at
+once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.</p>
+
+<p>"Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this," he said, "there is none
+so discreet and wise as thou art. Thou shalt be over my house, and
+according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled. Only in the
+throne will I be greater than thou."</p>
+
+<p>What a wonderful adventure this was for Joseph! One day only a poor
+unknown prisoner, and the next the lord and ruler over all the land of
+Egypt&mdash;next only to the king in power.</p>
+
+<p>But although Joseph's outside life was changed, he himself remained
+just the same. He was as keen as ever on doing his best, as brave and
+fearless in serving God and the king, as wise in ruling as he had been
+in serving.</p>
+
+<p>So when the years of famine came there were great stores of corn laid
+up to feed the Egyptians, and not only the people of Egypt, but
+strangers from other lands came to Joseph, the Ruler, to buy food.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_009.jpg" width="500" height="491" alt="He felt at once that Joseph was a man to be trusted." title="" />
+<span class="caption">He felt at once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Then it was that one day ten tired, travel-stained men arrived at the
+city, saying they had come from the far-distant land of Canaan to buy
+corn for their wives and families, who were starving.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph knew them at once. They were his ten brothers&mdash;those brothers
+whom he had last seen when, as a helpless boy, he had knelt and begged
+them for mercy. Now they came kneeling to the great ruler, little
+dreaming that this powerful prince was the young brother they had
+betrayed and sold into slavery.</p>
+
+<p>And Joseph did not mean to tell them just yet. He pretended to take
+them for spies, and he spoke roughly to them.</p>
+
+<p>"Thy servants are no spies," the brothers answered humbly. "We are the
+sons of one man, in the land of Canaan, and, behold, the youngest is
+this day with our father, and one is not."</p>
+
+<p>Even then Joseph pretended that he did not believe them. No, they must
+first prove their words by bringing their youngest brother to him.
+They might leave one of their number behind as a hostage, and take
+corn for their families, and return to fetch their brother. This he
+said because he longed to see Benjamin again.</p>
+
+<p>The men listened sadly to what the great man said. They must have the
+corn or their families would starve. And yet how could they leave one
+of their brothers behind when they knew their father would never allow
+Benjamin to return with them.</p>
+
+<p>"This is just what we deserve," they said to one another. "We would
+not listen to Joseph when he begged for mercy, and now this is our
+punishment."</p>
+
+<p>"Did I not beg you not to hurt the child?" said Reuben.</p>
+
+<p>They did not know, of course, that the great ruler could understand
+what they were saying in their own language; but as Joseph listened
+he was obliged to turn away to hide the tears that were in his eyes.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_010.jpg" width="500" height="433" alt="Lord and ruler over all the land of Egypt." title="" />
+<span class="caption">Lord and ruler over all the land of Egypt.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>There was nothing for it but to agree to the conditions, so it was
+decided that Simeon should be left behind, and the order was given
+that all the sacks should be filled with corn, and that every man's
+ass should be laden with as much corn as could be carried; only,
+instead of taking money for the corn, Joseph ordered that it should be
+secretly hidden in the sacks, each man's money in his sack of corn.</p>
+
+<p>So the men started off on their journey home, and travelling all day
+came at night to an inn to rest. There one of the men opened his sack
+to give his ass some food. What, then, was his surprise to find his
+bundle of money tied up in the mouth of his sack!</p>
+
+<p>The other brothers gathered round and looked on in amazement. Yes, it
+was quite true. There was the money which was the price of the
+corn&mdash;not a penny of it taken! What could it mean?</p>
+
+<p>But they were still more amazed when at last they came to their
+journey's end and found, when they opened their sacks, that all their
+money had been returned. There was a bundle of money in each sack!</p>
+
+<p>It was so strange that they grew uneasy and frightened. Then, too,
+they were obliged to tell their father that Simeon had been left
+behind as a hostage, and that the great lord of the country had taken
+them for spies, and had demanded that Benjamin should return with them
+before he would believe their story.</p>
+
+<p>But Jacob would not hear of parting with his youngest son. Had he not
+lost two sons already, first his beloved Joseph, and now Simeon?</p>
+
+<p>"Will you also take Benjamin from me?" he asked. "All these things are
+against me!"</p>
+
+<p>In vain Reuben promised that he would bring Benjamin safely back.
+Jacob only shook his head.</p>
+
+<p>"My son shall not go down with you," he said. "His brother is dead,
+and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by the way in the which
+ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
+grave!"</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_011.jpg" width="500" height="470" alt="There was the money which was the price of the corn." title="" />
+<span class="caption">There was the money which was the price of the corn.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Now that was all very well while the corn lasted; but when the famine
+still went on, and all the corn was eaten up, there was nothing to be
+done but to go back to Egypt and try to buy some more.</p>
+
+<p>And it was no use going without Benjamin, for had not the great lord
+of the country declared, "Ye shall not see my face except your brother
+be with you."</p>
+
+<p>So at last Jacob was obliged to let his precious son go with his
+brothers, although it almost broke his heart to part with him.</p>
+
+<p>Now Joseph had been quite sure that his brothers would return, and
+when at last they appeared he was overjoyed to see that Benjamin was
+with them. He ordered a great feast to be made, and invited them all
+to dine with him; but still he kept his secret, and they did not guess
+who he was, although they could not help noticing that Benjamin was
+singled out for special favor.</p>
+
+<p>So their sacks were filled again with corn, and the brothers prepared
+to set out joyfully on their return journey. Only this time Joseph had
+ordered his servants to put his silver cup into Benjamin's sack.</p>
+
+<p>The men had not gone far before they were overtaken by the great
+ruler's servants, who accused them of stealing their lord's silver
+cup. Of course they indignantly denied this; but when the baggage was
+searched the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.</p>
+
+<p>Now indeed was their joy turned into blackest sorrow. They must go
+back at once to try and explain matters to the lord of the land. But
+would he listen to them?</p>
+
+<p>At first Joseph pretended to be very angry, but as he listened to
+their tale and heard how they dared not face their father without the
+beloved youngest son, he saw that they had earned his forgiveness, and
+he kept up the pretence no longer. Sending all the servants away he
+held out his hands to his brothers, his eyes blinded with tears.</p>
+
+<p>"I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt," he said. "Now,
+therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me
+hither, for God did send me before you to preserve life."</p>
+
+<p>At first the brothers could scarcely believe their ears. Could this
+great lord really be their little brother Joseph? And could he really
+forgive them their cruelty?</p>
+
+<p>Then Joseph put his arm round Benjamin's neck and kissed him, and
+afterwards kissed each of his other brothers, so that they began to
+feel that the wonderful story was real and not a mere dream.</p>
+
+<p>There was no fear of famine for them now. Nothing in all the land was
+too good for the brothers of the great ruler, and ere long there were
+wagons and camels on their way to Canaan to fetch Jacob, the old
+father, and all the wives and children belonging to the ten brothers.
+They would all now share in Joseph's good fortune.</p>
+
+<p>So Jacob's sorrow was turned into joy when the news was brought to him
+that Joseph was alive and was governor over all the land of Egypt.</p>
+
+<p>It sounded almost like a magic tale, and at first Jacob could not
+believe it; but at last, when he saw the wagons and heard Joseph's own
+message to him, his heart was filled with joy and thankfulness.</p>
+
+<p>"It is enough," he cried. "Joseph, my son, is yet alive; I will go
+and see him before I die."</p>
+
+<p>It was a long journey for such an old man; but joy gave him strength
+to endure it, and at the end Joseph stood waiting to welcome
+him&mdash;Joseph the great ruler, clad in rich robes, living in princely
+state, whose word was law, and who held the highest honors in the
+land.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+<h3>BOOKS IN THIS SERIES</h3>
+
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>JOSEPH THE DREAMER</li>
+
+<li>THE BABE IN THE BULRUSHES</li>
+
+<li>DAVID THE SHEPHERD BOY</li>
+
+<li>THE CHILD JESUS</li>
+
+<li>THE GOOD PHYSICIAN</li>
+
+<li>THE GOOD SHEPHERD</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30218 ***</div>
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+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="500" height="748" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/frontis.jpg" width="500" height="693" alt="Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers." title="" />
+<span class="caption">Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h1>
+JOSEPH<br />
+THE DREAMER</h1>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h2>By AMY STEEDMAN</h2>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image_001.jpg" width="350" height="329" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<h3>THOMAS NELSON &amp; SONS</h3>
+<h4>NEW YORK</h4>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_002.jpg" width="500" height="447" alt="The coat of many colours." title="" />
+<span class="caption">The coat of many colours.</span>
+</div>
+<h2>The Story of Joseph</h2>
+
+
+<p>This is the story of Joseph, the boy who had the strangest and most
+exciting adventures of any boy who ever lived.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph was but a little lad when his mother died. His father, Jacob,
+had loved that mother more than any one else in the world, so that
+when she died leaving Joseph and a baby brother, Benjamin, all the
+love in the father's heart turned to his two little sons.</p>
+
+<p>The elder brothers were strong, grown-up men, quite able to look
+after themselves, and no longer needing their father's care; so
+perhaps it was no wonder that Jacob made a special favourite of the
+little lad Joseph, and loved him best.</p>
+
+<p>At first the older brothers took no notice of their father's way with
+the younger boy; but as Joseph grew older they began to feel uneasy
+and envious. Why should this child be marked out for special favour?
+Their father took no pains to hide the fact that the boy was the apple
+of his eye. Even his clothes showed this.</p>
+
+<p>While the brothers wore the ordinary shepherd clothing, Joseph had a
+beautiful coat of many colours. His father had made it for him of
+different pieces of coloured cloth joined together, and it was so gay
+and beautiful that every one who saw him wearing it said, "This must
+be the son of a great chief!"</p>
+
+<p>But if the gay coat made them angry, they were more angry still when
+Joseph began to dream strange dreams, which he always told to them.</p>
+
+<p>As they sat around in the fields watching the sheep, the boy would
+come running to them, full of excitement, as he begged them to listen
+to a wonderful dream he had had.</p>
+
+<p>"Hear, I pray thee, this dream that I have dreamed!" he cried, sitting
+down amongst them. "We were binding sheaves in a field, and lo! my
+sheaf arose and also stood upright, and, behold, your sheaves stood
+round about and bowed to my sheaf!"</p>
+
+<p>Another time his dream was about the stars; the sun and moon and
+eleven stars, he said, had all bowed down before him. This was really
+more than his brothers could bear. Did he really think he was going to
+rule over them? Were they to bow down before this boasting boy in his
+fine coat?</p>
+
+<p>Even his father did not quite approve of these dreams. But Joseph had
+not really meant to boast. It was the wonder of the dreams that made
+him repeat them. If he was proud of his coat of many colours, it was
+only because it was a gift from his father. He was a straightforward
+good-natured boy, clever and brave, and ready to take his turn in
+watching the flocks or helping his brothers with their work in the
+fields.</p>
+
+<p>But it grew day by day more difficult to keep the peace at home, and
+the only quiet times were when the elder brothers went farther afield
+to find new pasture for their flocks.</p>
+
+<p>It was at one of these times, when the brothers had been gone for some
+time, that Jacob called Joseph to him, and bade him go and find his
+brothers, and bring back news if they were safe and well.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph was now a lad of about seventeen, and this would be the first
+journey he had taken by himself, so he was eager to show that he was
+to be trusted, and he set out most cheerfully.</p>
+
+<p>After some days he arrived at Shechem, where his father had told him
+he would find his brothers. But he could find no signs of them there.
+Unwilling to go home without news, Joseph wandered about until he met
+a man who directed him to a place farther on where his brothers might
+be, and at last he caught sight of their tents in a field far ahead.
+How lucky he was to find them, he thought to himself, as he hurried
+forward eager to meet them.</p>
+
+<p>It was a clear day, and the shepherds' keen eyes could see far along
+the winding road that stretched out across the low hills towards
+Shechem. Long before Joseph came within hail, his brothers saw his
+figure in the distance hastening towards them. Perhaps it was the gay
+colour of his coat that first told them who it was, and perhaps it was
+the coat that reminded them of their hate and envy, and brought back
+to their memory again those dreams so full of pride.</p>
+
+<p>"Behold, this dreamer cometh!" they said one to another. "Come now,
+therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we
+will say, 'Some evil beast hath devoured him!' and we shall see what
+will become of his dreams."</p>
+
+<p>With dark looks of hate they watched the gay figure coming so joyfully
+towards them, and only one heart felt any pity for the boy. Reuben,
+the eldest brother, made up his mind quickly that he would save him if
+possible. Only he must set to work cunningly, for those other nine
+brothers were very determined men.</p>
+
+<p>So he began by suggesting that it seemed quite unnecessary to kill
+the boy themselves when the easiest plan would be just to put him down
+the pit, which was close at hand, and there leave him to die. (For he
+thought if he could persuade them to do this he would come back and
+save Joseph when the others had gone.) Never dreaming of evil, Joseph
+came on, and now he ran eagerly up to them and began to give them
+their father's message.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_003.jpg" width="500" height="420" alt="&quot;Behold, this dreamer cometh!&quot;" title="" />
+<span class="caption">&quot;Behold, this dreamer cometh!&quot;</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>But the rough hands held out to him were not held out in welcome. The
+brothers seized the boy and savagely tore off his beautiful coat, as
+if the very sight of it hurt their eyes, and then they hurried him
+towards the pit which Reuben had pointed out.</p>
+
+<p>Then Joseph knew that they meant to kill him. He knew that if they
+threw him into one of those deep narrow pits there was no chance of
+climbing up its steep sides, even if he were not immediately drowned
+in the water which often gathered at the bottom.</p>
+
+<p>Was he never to see his father and little brother again? never to
+spend any more happy days in the fields under the blue sky? It was
+useless to cry out and beg for pity. Reuben, the eldest brother, who
+might have helped him, was not there, and the others he knew were
+merciless.</p>
+
+<p>The pit was reached, and in spite of his cries strong hands pushed him
+forward and over the edge. Down, down he fell into the blackness,
+until with a terrible thud he reached the bottom. There was no water
+to break his fall, for the pit was dry.</p>
+
+<p>Well&mdash;that was done! The cruel brothers went off to a little distance
+and began to eat their midday meal. But scarcely had they begun when
+they caught sight of a company of travellers passing along the road
+close by. There was a long train of camels laden with spices,
+evidently on their way down to Egypt.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_004.jpg" width="500" height="699" alt="&quot;They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites.&quot;
+
+Gen. xxxvii. 28." title="" />
+<span class="caption">&quot;They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites.&quot;
+<br />
+Gen. xxxvii. 28.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Here was a splendid opportunity of making some money out of their evil
+plan. Instead of leaving Joseph to starve in the pit, they would fetch
+him out and sell him to these merchants. Most likely they would get
+a good price for such a strong young slave.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_005.jpg" width="500" height="431" alt="They hurried him towards the pit." title="" />
+<span class="caption">They hurried him towards the pit.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Perhaps when Joseph heard their voices at the pit's mouth, and when
+they drew him up and lifted him out into the sunshine again, he
+thought for a moment that they meant to be kind to him after all. But
+that thought soon vanished.</p>
+
+<p>The Midianite merchants were waiting, the bargain was struck, and very
+soon a rope was bound round his hands, and he was tied to the saddle
+of the man who had bought him. He knew now they had only taken him
+out of the pit to sell him as a slave.</p>
+
+<p>Meanwhile Reuben had been keeping out of sight, waiting to return and
+rescue his young brother as soon as it was safe to do so. Very
+cautiously at last he stole back. But, alas! when he reached the pit
+he found that it was empty. In his distress he forgot his caution, and
+cared no longer if his brothers guessed what he had meant to do.</p>
+
+<p>"The child is not, and I, whither shall I go?" he cried to them in
+bitter sorrow when he met them.</p>
+
+<p>With angry, sullen looks they told him that Joseph was now far away on
+his road to Egypt. Reuben must keep their secret. There was but one
+thing to be done. Joseph's coat lay there, just as they had torn it
+off his back. They would dip the coat in goat's blood and carry it to
+their father.</p>
+
+<p>The poor, gay-coloured little coat, all blood-stained and torn, was
+brought and held up before Jacob's eyes.</p>
+
+<p>"This have we found," said the brothers; "know now whether it be thy
+son's coat or no?"</p>
+
+<p>Did he not, indeed, know that coat of many colours? Had he not matched
+and joined together each of the pieces? Had not his heart been filled
+with pride and love as he watched the boy wearing it with such a
+gallant air?</p>
+
+<p>"It is my son's coat!" he cried with a bitter cry of grief; "an evil
+beast hath devoured him! Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_006.jpg" width="500" height="460" alt="He was tied to the saddle of the man who had bought
+him." title="" />
+<span class="caption">He was tied to the saddle of the man who had bought
+him.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>It might perhaps have seemed better just then for Joseph if he had
+been dead instead of being carried away into slavery. It was a
+terrible fate, and he might well have become sullen and hopeless in
+the strange land of Egypt to which the merchantmen took him.</p>
+
+<p>But instead of being sorry for himself, and thinking only of the
+unkindness and wickedness of his cruel brothers, he made the best of
+everything, and set himself to do his new hard work as well as
+possible. If he was a slave he would, at any rate, be a thoroughly
+good slave.</p>
+
+<p>And very soon his master, Potiphar, found that this fair-haired,
+good-looking Hebrew boy was one to be trusted, and, as time went on,
+he not only gave him his freedom, but made him the chief servant of
+the house-hold. Then, just when happy days began to dawn for Joseph,
+misfortune once more overtook him.</p>
+
+<p>His master's wife accused him of doing wrong, and declared he was
+thoroughly bad. And so all his well-deserved favours were taken from
+him, and he was put into prison.</p>
+
+<p>Even in prison Joseph's quiet goodness and his wise ways made him a
+favourite. He was the friend of all the other prisoners, and before
+long he became the governor's right hand.</p>
+
+<p>Still it was weary work to be shut up in prison, and he longed with
+all his heart for freedom, and a chance to win a place for himself in
+the great world. He knew that Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, was not
+unfriendly to strangers. If only he could reach his ear all might be
+well.</p>
+
+<p>At last the chance came. There were two of Pharaoh's servants in the
+prison&mdash;one, the king's cup-bearer, and the other his chief baker, and
+both these were sorely troubled one night because of the dreams they
+had dreamt. They were sure these dreams had a meaning, but who was to
+explain them?</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_007.jpg" width="500" height="438" alt="&quot;Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!&quot;" title="" />
+<span class="caption">&quot;Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!&quot;</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Now Joseph had learned to know a great deal about dreams, and so he
+listened to these men and told them what he thought their dreams must
+mean.</p>
+
+<p>The chief baker's dream was a sad one. He had dreamt of three baskets
+which he carried on his head&mdash;baskets filled with the king's food&mdash;but
+the birds had come and eaten up all the food. "Alas!" said Joseph,
+"the three baskets must mean three days, and in three days the baker
+must be hanged, and the birds would come and eat his flesh."</p>
+
+<p>But the cup-bearer's dream was a happy one, for he had seen a vine
+which bore three clusters of grapes, which he had pressed out into the
+king's cup and presented to Pharaoh. The three clusters of grapes were
+again three days, said Joseph, and in three days' time the cup-bearer
+would be once more free and hand the king his golden cup.</p>
+
+<p>"But think of me when it shall be well with thee," added Joseph to the
+cup-bearer, "and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention
+of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For, indeed, I was
+stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done
+nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."</p>
+
+<p>In three days all that Joseph had said came true. The chief baker was
+hanged, and the chief butler was set free, and stood once more before
+the king; only he quite forgot the man who had been so kind to him in
+prison, and for two years never once thought of Joseph.</p>
+
+<p>But at last something happened that reminded him. Once again it was a
+dream, but this time the dreamer was Pharaoh, the great king. He had
+sent for all the cleverest men in the land to explain his dreams to
+him, but no one could find a meaning for them.</p>
+
+<p>Then the cup-bearer suddenly remembered Joseph, and came and told the
+king all that had happened to him when he was in prison. Surely it
+would be worth while to try this man. So Pharaoh sent and brought
+Joseph out of prison, and asked him if it was true that he could tell
+the meaning of dreams.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_008.jpg" width="500" height="421" alt="He told them what he thought their dreams must mean." title="" />
+<span class="caption">He told them what he thought their dreams must mean.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>There was no pride nor boastfulness in Joseph's answer. Of himself, he
+said, he could do nothing; but with God's help he would tell the king
+all that he could.</p>
+
+<p>So Pharaoh told his dreams, and as Joseph listened he knew at once
+that they had been sent as a warning from God. Seven years of good
+harvests and plenty of food were coming, and after that seven years
+of famine, when, if all the food of the good years was eaten up, the
+people would starve. The warning dreams had been sent so that the corn
+might be saved up and stored. And it would be a good plan, said
+Joseph, to find the very wisest and best man in all the land who would
+undertake to do this.</p>
+
+<p>Pharaoh listened thoughtfully, and soon made up his mind. He felt at
+once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.</p>
+
+<p>"Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this," he said, "there is none
+so discreet and wise as thou art. Thou shalt be over my house, and
+according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled. Only in the
+throne will I be greater than thou."</p>
+
+<p>What a wonderful adventure this was for Joseph! One day only a poor
+unknown prisoner, and the next the lord and ruler over all the land of
+Egypt&mdash;next only to the king in power.</p>
+
+<p>But although Joseph's outside life was changed, he himself remained
+just the same. He was as keen as ever on doing his best, as brave and
+fearless in serving God and the king, as wise in ruling as he had been
+in serving.</p>
+
+<p>So when the years of famine came there were great stores of corn laid
+up to feed the Egyptians, and not only the people of Egypt, but
+strangers from other lands came to Joseph, the Ruler, to buy food.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_009.jpg" width="500" height="491" alt="He felt at once that Joseph was a man to be trusted." title="" />
+<span class="caption">He felt at once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Then it was that one day ten tired, travel-stained men arrived at the
+city, saying they had come from the far-distant land of Canaan to buy
+corn for their wives and families, who were starving.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph knew them at once. They were his ten brothers&mdash;those brothers
+whom he had last seen when, as a helpless boy, he had knelt and begged
+them for mercy. Now they came kneeling to the great ruler, little
+dreaming that this powerful prince was the young brother they had
+betrayed and sold into slavery.</p>
+
+<p>And Joseph did not mean to tell them just yet. He pretended to take
+them for spies, and he spoke roughly to them.</p>
+
+<p>"Thy servants are no spies," the brothers answered humbly. "We are the
+sons of one man, in the land of Canaan, and, behold, the youngest is
+this day with our father, and one is not."</p>
+
+<p>Even then Joseph pretended that he did not believe them. No, they must
+first prove their words by bringing their youngest brother to him.
+They might leave one of their number behind as a hostage, and take
+corn for their families, and return to fetch their brother. This he
+said because he longed to see Benjamin again.</p>
+
+<p>The men listened sadly to what the great man said. They must have the
+corn or their families would starve. And yet how could they leave one
+of their brothers behind when they knew their father would never allow
+Benjamin to return with them.</p>
+
+<p>"This is just what we deserve," they said to one another. "We would
+not listen to Joseph when he begged for mercy, and now this is our
+punishment."</p>
+
+<p>"Did I not beg you not to hurt the child?" said Reuben.</p>
+
+<p>They did not know, of course, that the great ruler could understand
+what they were saying in their own language; but as Joseph listened
+he was obliged to turn away to hide the tears that were in his eyes.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_010.jpg" width="500" height="433" alt="Lord and ruler over all the land of Egypt." title="" />
+<span class="caption">Lord and ruler over all the land of Egypt.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>There was nothing for it but to agree to the conditions, so it was
+decided that Simeon should be left behind, and the order was given
+that all the sacks should be filled with corn, and that every man's
+ass should be laden with as much corn as could be carried; only,
+instead of taking money for the corn, Joseph ordered that it should be
+secretly hidden in the sacks, each man's money in his sack of corn.</p>
+
+<p>So the men started off on their journey home, and travelling all day
+came at night to an inn to rest. There one of the men opened his sack
+to give his ass some food. What, then, was his surprise to find his
+bundle of money tied up in the mouth of his sack!</p>
+
+<p>The other brothers gathered round and looked on in amazement. Yes, it
+was quite true. There was the money which was the price of the
+corn&mdash;not a penny of it taken! What could it mean?</p>
+
+<p>But they were still more amazed when at last they came to their
+journey's end and found, when they opened their sacks, that all their
+money had been returned. There was a bundle of money in each sack!</p>
+
+<p>It was so strange that they grew uneasy and frightened. Then, too,
+they were obliged to tell their father that Simeon had been left
+behind as a hostage, and that the great lord of the country had taken
+them for spies, and had demanded that Benjamin should return with them
+before he would believe their story.</p>
+
+<p>But Jacob would not hear of parting with his youngest son. Had he not
+lost two sons already, first his beloved Joseph, and now Simeon?</p>
+
+<p>"Will you also take Benjamin from me?" he asked. "All these things are
+against me!"</p>
+
+<p>In vain Reuben promised that he would bring Benjamin safely back.
+Jacob only shook his head.</p>
+
+<p>"My son shall not go down with you," he said. "His brother is dead,
+and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by the way in the which
+ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
+grave!"</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;">
+<img src="images/image_011.jpg" width="500" height="470" alt="There was the money which was the price of the corn." title="" />
+<span class="caption">There was the money which was the price of the corn.</span>
+</div>
+
+<p>Now that was all very well while the corn lasted; but when the famine
+still went on, and all the corn was eaten up, there was nothing to be
+done but to go back to Egypt and try to buy some more.</p>
+
+<p>And it was no use going without Benjamin, for had not the great lord
+of the country declared, "Ye shall not see my face except your brother
+be with you."</p>
+
+<p>So at last Jacob was obliged to let his precious son go with his
+brothers, although it almost broke his heart to part with him.</p>
+
+<p>Now Joseph had been quite sure that his brothers would return, and
+when at last they appeared he was overjoyed to see that Benjamin was
+with them. He ordered a great feast to be made, and invited them all
+to dine with him; but still he kept his secret, and they did not guess
+who he was, although they could not help noticing that Benjamin was
+singled out for special favor.</p>
+
+<p>So their sacks were filled again with corn, and the brothers prepared
+to set out joyfully on their return journey. Only this time Joseph had
+ordered his servants to put his silver cup into Benjamin's sack.</p>
+
+<p>The men had not gone far before they were overtaken by the great
+ruler's servants, who accused them of stealing their lord's silver
+cup. Of course they indignantly denied this; but when the baggage was
+searched the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.</p>
+
+<p>Now indeed was their joy turned into blackest sorrow. They must go
+back at once to try and explain matters to the lord of the land. But
+would he listen to them?</p>
+
+<p>At first Joseph pretended to be very angry, but as he listened to
+their tale and heard how they dared not face their father without the
+beloved youngest son, he saw that they had earned his forgiveness, and
+he kept up the pretence no longer. Sending all the servants away he
+held out his hands to his brothers, his eyes blinded with tears.</p>
+
+<p>"I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt," he said. "Now,
+therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me
+hither, for God did send me before you to preserve life."</p>
+
+<p>At first the brothers could scarcely believe their ears. Could this
+great lord really be their little brother Joseph? And could he really
+forgive them their cruelty?</p>
+
+<p>Then Joseph put his arm round Benjamin's neck and kissed him, and
+afterwards kissed each of his other brothers, so that they began to
+feel that the wonderful story was real and not a mere dream.</p>
+
+<p>There was no fear of famine for them now. Nothing in all the land was
+too good for the brothers of the great ruler, and ere long there were
+wagons and camels on their way to Canaan to fetch Jacob, the old
+father, and all the wives and children belonging to the ten brothers.
+They would all now share in Joseph's good fortune.</p>
+
+<p>So Jacob's sorrow was turned into joy when the news was brought to him
+that Joseph was alive and was governor over all the land of Egypt.</p>
+
+<p>It sounded almost like a magic tale, and at first Jacob could not
+believe it; but at last, when he saw the wagons and heard Joseph's own
+message to him, his heart was filled with joy and thankfulness.</p>
+
+<p>"It is enough," he cried. "Joseph, my son, is yet alive; I will go
+and see him before I die."</p>
+
+<p>It was a long journey for such an old man; but joy gave him strength
+to endure it, and at the end Joseph stood waiting to welcome
+him&mdash;Joseph the great ruler, clad in rich robes, living in princely
+state, whose word was law, and who held the highest honors in the
+land.</p>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+<h3>BOOKS IN THIS SERIES</h3>
+
+
+
+<ul>
+<li>JOSEPH THE DREAMER</li>
+
+<li>THE BABE IN THE BULRUSHES</li>
+
+<li>DAVID THE SHEPHERD BOY</li>
+
+<li>THE CHILD JESUS</li>
+
+<li>THE GOOD PHYSICIAN</li>
+
+<li>THE GOOD SHEPHERD</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
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+   [Illustration: Joseph as Ruler of Egypt speaks to his brothers.]
+
+
+                                JOSEPH
+
+                             THE DREAMER
+
+
+
+                           By AMY STEEDMAN
+
+
+                            [Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+                         THOMAS NELSON & SONS
+
+                               NEW YORK
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+The Story of Joseph
+
+[Illustration: The coat of many colours.]
+
+
+This is the story of Joseph, the boy who had the strangest and most
+exciting adventures of any boy who ever lived.
+
+Joseph was but a little lad when his mother died. His father, Jacob,
+had loved that mother more than any one else in the world, so that
+when she died leaving Joseph and a baby brother, Benjamin, all the
+love in the father's heart turned to his two little sons.
+
+The elder brothers were strong, grown-up men, quite able to look
+after themselves, and no longer needing their father's care; so
+perhaps it was no wonder that Jacob made a special favourite of the
+little lad Joseph, and loved him best.
+
+At first the older brothers took no notice of their father's way with
+the younger boy; but as Joseph grew older they began to feel uneasy
+and envious. Why should this child be marked out for special favour?
+Their father took no pains to hide the fact that the boy was the apple
+of his eye. Even his clothes showed this.
+
+While the brothers wore the ordinary shepherd clothing, Joseph had a
+beautiful coat of many colours. His father had made it for him of
+different pieces of coloured cloth joined together, and it was so gay
+and beautiful that every one who saw him wearing it said, "This must
+be the son of a great chief!"
+
+But if the gay coat made them angry, they were more angry still when
+Joseph began to dream strange dreams, which he always told to them.
+
+As they sat around in the fields watching the sheep, the boy would
+come running to them, full of excitement, as he begged them to listen
+to a wonderful dream he had had.
+
+"Hear, I pray thee, this dream that I have dreamed!" he cried, sitting
+down amongst them. "We were binding sheaves in a field, and lo! my
+sheaf arose and also stood upright, and, behold, your sheaves stood
+round about and bowed to my sheaf!"
+
+Another time his dream was about the stars; the sun and moon and
+eleven stars, he said, had all bowed down before him. This was really
+more than his brothers could bear. Did he really think he was going to
+rule over them? Were they to bow down before this boasting boy in his
+fine coat?
+
+Even his father did not quite approve of these dreams. But Joseph had
+not really meant to boast. It was the wonder of the dreams that made
+him repeat them. If he was proud of his coat of many colours, it was
+only because it was a gift from his father. He was a straightforward
+good-natured boy, clever and brave, and ready to take his turn in
+watching the flocks or helping his brothers with their work in the
+fields.
+
+But it grew day by day more difficult to keep the peace at home, and
+the only quiet times were when the elder brothers went farther afield
+to find new pasture for their flocks.
+
+It was at one of these times, when the brothers had been gone for some
+time, that Jacob called Joseph to him, and bade him go and find his
+brothers, and bring back news if they were safe and well.
+
+Joseph was now a lad of about seventeen, and this would be the first
+journey he had taken by himself, so he was eager to show that he was
+to be trusted, and he set out most cheerfully.
+
+After some days he arrived at Shechem, where his father had told him
+he would find his brothers. But he could find no signs of them there.
+Unwilling to go home without news, Joseph wandered about until he met
+a man who directed him to a place farther on where his brothers might
+be, and at last he caught sight of their tents in a field far ahead.
+How lucky he was to find them, he thought to himself, as he hurried
+forward eager to meet them.
+
+It was a clear day, and the shepherds' keen eyes could see far along
+the winding road that stretched out across the low hills towards
+Shechem. Long before Joseph came within hail, his brothers saw his
+figure in the distance hastening towards them. Perhaps it was the gay
+colour of his coat that first told them who it was, and perhaps it was
+the coat that reminded them of their hate and envy, and brought back
+to their memory again those dreams so full of pride.
+
+"Behold, this dreamer cometh!" they said one to another. "Come now,
+therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we
+will say, 'Some evil beast hath devoured him!' and we shall see what
+will become of his dreams."
+
+With dark looks of hate they watched the gay figure coming so joyfully
+towards them, and only one heart felt any pity for the boy. Reuben,
+the eldest brother, made up his mind quickly that he would save him if
+possible. Only he must set to work cunningly, for those other nine
+brothers were very determined men.
+
+So he began by suggesting that it seemed quite unnecessary to kill
+the boy themselves when the easiest plan would be just to put him down
+the pit, which was close at hand, and there leave him to die. (For he
+thought if he could persuade them to do this he would come back and
+save Joseph when the others had gone.) Never dreaming of evil, Joseph
+came on, and now he ran eagerly up to them and began to give them
+their father's message.
+
+[Illustration: "Behold, this dreamer cometh!"]
+
+But the rough hands held out to him were not held out in welcome. The
+brothers seized the boy and savagely tore off his beautiful coat, as
+if the very sight of it hurt their eyes, and then they hurried him
+towards the pit which Reuben had pointed out.
+
+Then Joseph knew that they meant to kill him. He knew that if they
+threw him into one of those deep narrow pits there was no chance of
+climbing up its steep sides, even if he were not immediately drowned
+in the water which often gathered at the bottom.
+
+Was he never to see his father and little brother again? never to
+spend any more happy days in the fields under the blue sky? It was
+useless to cry out and beg for pity. Reuben, the eldest brother, who
+might have helped him, was not there, and the others he knew were
+merciless.
+
+The pit was reached, and in spite of his cries strong hands pushed him
+forward and over the edge. Down, down he fell into the blackness,
+until with a terrible thud he reached the bottom. There was no water
+to break his fall, for the pit was dry.
+
+Well--that was done! The cruel brothers went off to a little distance
+and began to eat their midday meal. But scarcely had they begun when
+they caught sight of a company of travellers passing along the road
+close by. There was a long train of camels laden with spices,
+evidently on their way down to Egypt.
+
+[Illustration: "They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites."
+
+Gen. xxxvii. 28.]
+
+Here was a splendid opportunity of making some money out of their evil
+plan. Instead of leaving Joseph to starve in the pit, they would fetch
+him out and sell him to these merchants. Most likely they would get
+a good price for such a strong young slave.
+
+[Illustration: They hurried him towards the pit.]
+
+Perhaps when Joseph heard their voices at the pit's mouth, and when
+they drew him up and lifted him out into the sunshine again, he
+thought for a moment that they meant to be kind to him after all. But
+that thought soon vanished.
+
+The Midianite merchants were waiting, the bargain was struck, and very
+soon a rope was bound round his hands, and he was tied to the saddle
+of the man who had bought him. He knew now they had only taken him
+out of the pit to sell him as a slave.
+
+Meanwhile Reuben had been keeping out of sight, waiting to return and
+rescue his young brother as soon as it was safe to do so. Very
+cautiously at last he stole back. But, alas! when he reached the pit
+he found that it was empty. In his distress he forgot his caution, and
+cared no longer if his brothers guessed what he had meant to do.
+
+"The child is not, and I, whither shall I go?" he cried to them in
+bitter sorrow when he met them.
+
+With angry, sullen looks they told him that Joseph was now far away on
+his road to Egypt. Reuben must keep their secret. There was but one
+thing to be done. Joseph's coat lay there, just as they had torn it
+off his back. They would dip the coat in goat's blood and carry it to
+their father.
+
+The poor, gay-coloured little coat, all blood-stained and torn, was
+brought and held up before Jacob's eyes.
+
+"This have we found," said the brothers; "know now whether it be thy
+son's coat or no?"
+
+Did he not, indeed, know that coat of many colours? Had he not matched
+and joined together each of the pieces? Had not his heart been filled
+with pride and love as he watched the boy wearing it with such a
+gallant air?
+
+"It is my son's coat!" he cried with a bitter cry of grief; "an evil
+beast hath devoured him! Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"
+
+[Illustration: He was tied to the saddle of the man who had bought
+him.]
+
+It might perhaps have seemed better just then for Joseph if he had
+been dead instead of being carried away into slavery. It was a
+terrible fate, and he might well have become sullen and hopeless in
+the strange land of Egypt to which the merchantmen took him.
+
+But instead of being sorry for himself, and thinking only of the
+unkindness and wickedness of his cruel brothers, he made the best of
+everything, and set himself to do his new hard work as well as
+possible. If he was a slave he would, at any rate, be a thoroughly
+good slave.
+
+And very soon his master, Potiphar, found that this fair-haired,
+good-looking Hebrew boy was one to be trusted, and, as time went on,
+he not only gave him his freedom, but made him the chief servant of
+the house-hold. Then, just when happy days began to dawn for Joseph,
+misfortune once more overtook him.
+
+His master's wife accused him of doing wrong, and declared he was
+thoroughly bad. And so all his well-deserved favours were taken from
+him, and he was put into prison.
+
+Even in prison Joseph's quiet goodness and his wise ways made him a
+favourite. He was the friend of all the other prisoners, and before
+long he became the governor's right hand.
+
+Still it was weary work to be shut up in prison, and he longed with
+all his heart for freedom, and a chance to win a place for himself in
+the great world. He knew that Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, was not
+unfriendly to strangers. If only he could reach his ear all might be
+well.
+
+At last the chance came. There were two of Pharaoh's servants in the
+prison--one, the king's cup-bearer, and the other his chief baker, and
+both these were sorely troubled one night because of the dreams they
+had dreamt. They were sure these dreams had a meaning, but who was to
+explain them?
+
+[Illustration: "Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"]
+
+Now Joseph had learned to know a great deal about dreams, and so he
+listened to these men and told them what he thought their dreams must
+mean.
+
+The chief baker's dream was a sad one. He had dreamt of three baskets
+which he carried on his head--baskets filled with the king's food--but
+the birds had come and eaten up all the food. "Alas!" said Joseph,
+"the three baskets must mean three days, and in three days the baker
+must be hanged, and the birds would come and eat his flesh."
+
+But the cup-bearer's dream was a happy one, for he had seen a vine
+which bore three clusters of grapes, which he had pressed out into the
+king's cup and presented to Pharaoh. The three clusters of grapes were
+again three days, said Joseph, and in three days' time the cup-bearer
+would be once more free and hand the king his golden cup.
+
+"But think of me when it shall be well with thee," added Joseph to the
+cup-bearer, "and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention
+of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For, indeed, I was
+stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done
+nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
+
+In three days all that Joseph had said came true. The chief baker was
+hanged, and the chief butler was set free, and stood once more before
+the king; only he quite forgot the man who had been so kind to him in
+prison, and for two years never once thought of Joseph.
+
+But at last something happened that reminded him. Once again it was a
+dream, but this time the dreamer was Pharaoh, the great king. He had
+sent for all the cleverest men in the land to explain his dreams to
+him, but no one could find a meaning for them.
+
+Then the cup-bearer suddenly remembered Joseph, and came and told the
+king all that had happened to him when he was in prison. Surely it
+would be worth while to try this man. So Pharaoh sent and brought
+Joseph out of prison, and asked him if it was true that he could tell
+the meaning of dreams.
+
+[Illustration: He told them what he thought their dreams must mean.]
+
+There was no pride nor boastfulness in Joseph's answer. Of himself, he
+said, he could do nothing; but with God's help he would tell the king
+all that he could.
+
+So Pharaoh told his dreams, and as Joseph listened he knew at once
+that they had been sent as a warning from God. Seven years of good
+harvests and plenty of food were coming, and after that seven years
+of famine, when, if all the food of the good years was eaten up, the
+people would starve. The warning dreams had been sent so that the corn
+might be saved up and stored. And it would be a good plan, said
+Joseph, to find the very wisest and best man in all the land who would
+undertake to do this.
+
+Pharaoh listened thoughtfully, and soon made up his mind. He felt at
+once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.
+
+"Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this," he said, "there is none
+so discreet and wise as thou art. Thou shalt be over my house, and
+according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled. Only in the
+throne will I be greater than thou."
+
+What a wonderful adventure this was for Joseph! One day only a poor
+unknown prisoner, and the next the lord and ruler over all the land of
+Egypt--next only to the king in power.
+
+But although Joseph's outside life was changed, he himself remained
+just the same. He was as keen as ever on doing his best, as brave and
+fearless in serving God and the king, as wise in ruling as he had been
+in serving.
+
+So when the years of famine came there were great stores of corn laid
+up to feed the Egyptians, and not only the people of Egypt, but
+strangers from other lands came to Joseph, the Ruler, to buy food.
+
+[Illustration: He felt at once that Joseph was a man to be trusted.]
+
+Then it was that one day ten tired, travel-stained men arrived at the
+city, saying they had come from the far-distant land of Canaan to buy
+corn for their wives and families, who were starving.
+
+Joseph knew them at once. They were his ten brothers--those brothers
+whom he had last seen when, as a helpless boy, he had knelt and begged
+them for mercy. Now they came kneeling to the great ruler, little
+dreaming that this powerful prince was the young brother they had
+betrayed and sold into slavery.
+
+And Joseph did not mean to tell them just yet. He pretended to take
+them for spies, and he spoke roughly to them.
+
+"Thy servants are no spies," the brothers answered humbly. "We are the
+sons of one man, in the land of Canaan, and, behold, the youngest is
+this day with our father, and one is not."
+
+Even then Joseph pretended that he did not believe them. No, they must
+first prove their words by bringing their youngest brother to him.
+They might leave one of their number behind as a hostage, and take
+corn for their families, and return to fetch their brother. This he
+said because he longed to see Benjamin again.
+
+The men listened sadly to what the great man said. They must have the
+corn or their families would starve. And yet how could they leave one
+of their brothers behind when they knew their father would never allow
+Benjamin to return with them.
+
+"This is just what we deserve," they said to one another. "We would
+not listen to Joseph when he begged for mercy, and now this is our
+punishment."
+
+"Did I not beg you not to hurt the child?" said Reuben.
+
+They did not know, of course, that the great ruler could understand
+what they were saying in their own language; but as Joseph listened
+he was obliged to turn away to hide the tears that were in his eyes.
+
+[Illustration: Lord and ruler over all the land of Egypt.]
+
+There was nothing for it but to agree to the conditions, so it was
+decided that Simeon should be left behind, and the order was given
+that all the sacks should be filled with corn, and that every man's
+ass should be laden with as much corn as could be carried; only,
+instead of taking money for the corn, Joseph ordered that it should be
+secretly hidden in the sacks, each man's money in his sack of corn.
+
+So the men started off on their journey home, and travelling all day
+came at night to an inn to rest. There one of the men opened his sack
+to give his ass some food. What, then, was his surprise to find his
+bundle of money tied up in the mouth of his sack!
+
+The other brothers gathered round and looked on in amazement. Yes, it
+was quite true. There was the money which was the price of the
+corn--not a penny of it taken! What could it mean?
+
+But they were still more amazed when at last they came to their
+journey's end and found, when they opened their sacks, that all their
+money had been returned. There was a bundle of money in each sack!
+
+It was so strange that they grew uneasy and frightened. Then, too,
+they were obliged to tell their father that Simeon had been left
+behind as a hostage, and that the great lord of the country had taken
+them for spies, and had demanded that Benjamin should return with them
+before he would believe their story.
+
+But Jacob would not hear of parting with his youngest son. Had he not
+lost two sons already, first his beloved Joseph, and now Simeon?
+
+"Will you also take Benjamin from me?" he asked. "All these things are
+against me!"
+
+In vain Reuben promised that he would bring Benjamin safely back.
+Jacob only shook his head.
+
+"My son shall not go down with you," he said. "His brother is dead,
+and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by the way in the which
+ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
+grave!"
+
+[Illustration: There was the money which was the price of the corn.]
+
+Now that was all very well while the corn lasted; but when the famine
+still went on, and all the corn was eaten up, there was nothing to be
+done but to go back to Egypt and try to buy some more.
+
+And it was no use going without Benjamin, for had not the great lord
+of the country declared, "Ye shall not see my face except your brother
+be with you."
+
+So at last Jacob was obliged to let his precious son go with his
+brothers, although it almost broke his heart to part with him.
+
+Now Joseph had been quite sure that his brothers would return, and
+when at last they appeared he was overjoyed to see that Benjamin was
+with them. He ordered a great feast to be made, and invited them all
+to dine with him; but still he kept his secret, and they did not guess
+who he was, although they could not help noticing that Benjamin was
+singled out for special favor.
+
+So their sacks were filled again with corn, and the brothers prepared
+to set out joyfully on their return journey. Only this time Joseph had
+ordered his servants to put his silver cup into Benjamin's sack.
+
+The men had not gone far before they were overtaken by the great
+ruler's servants, who accused them of stealing their lord's silver
+cup. Of course they indignantly denied this; but when the baggage was
+searched the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
+
+Now indeed was their joy turned into blackest sorrow. They must go
+back at once to try and explain matters to the lord of the land. But
+would he listen to them?
+
+At first Joseph pretended to be very angry, but as he listened to
+their tale and heard how they dared not face their father without the
+beloved youngest son, he saw that they had earned his forgiveness, and
+he kept up the pretence no longer. Sending all the servants away he
+held out his hands to his brothers, his eyes blinded with tears.
+
+"I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt," he said. "Now,
+therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me
+hither, for God did send me before you to preserve life."
+
+At first the brothers could scarcely believe their ears. Could this
+great lord really be their little brother Joseph? And could he really
+forgive them their cruelty?
+
+Then Joseph put his arm round Benjamin's neck and kissed him, and
+afterwards kissed each of his other brothers, so that they began to
+feel that the wonderful story was real and not a mere dream.
+
+There was no fear of famine for them now. Nothing in all the land was
+too good for the brothers of the great ruler, and ere long there were
+wagons and camels on their way to Canaan to fetch Jacob, the old
+father, and all the wives and children belonging to the ten brothers.
+They would all now share in Joseph's good fortune.
+
+So Jacob's sorrow was turned into joy when the news was brought to him
+that Joseph was alive and was governor over all the land of Egypt.
+
+It sounded almost like a magic tale, and at first Jacob could not
+believe it; but at last, when he saw the wagons and heard Joseph's own
+message to him, his heart was filled with joy and thankfulness.
+
+"It is enough," he cried. "Joseph, my son, is yet alive; I will go
+and see him before I die."
+
+It was a long journey for such an old man; but joy gave him strength
+to endure it, and at the end Joseph stood waiting to welcome
+him--Joseph the great ruler, clad in rich robes, living in princely
+state, whose word was law, and who held the highest honors in the
+land.
+
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