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Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed. The preceding page, Joseph reorganizes Egypt, suggests that the design of this image is by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, showing Joseph reading to the Pharaoh, 1878?.
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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w the land.—Gen., 47, 23. AFTER the reunion of Joseph and his people,his life story has two aspects, one of whichis often overlooked in the joy of the other.He was not only a devoted son and brother, he wasalso, and continued to be, Pharaohs chief vizier, thetrue ruler of all Egypt. As such, he planned and apparently carried out acomplete readjustment of the entire country.Through the remaining five years of the famine hesold grain to the peoj^le in what seemed a hard andgrasping way, receiving in payment first their money^then, when that was gone, their cattle, then theirlands. In the end they had even to sell themselves tohim, becoming slaves for the sake of food. Then andthen only did Joseph change, and take up the partof the generous and merciful master. He estab-lished the people wisely throughout the land, gavethem grain in plenty and restored all Egypt to pros-perity. In return he exacted of the people only thatthey should pay to Pharaoh as a tax one-fifth of whatthey earned.
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ts^ Jacob plesisiesi Josiepljsi ^om BY REMBRANDT^ THE MOST CELEBRATED OF DUTCHARTISTS, DIED 1669- And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laidit upon Ejihraims head.—Gen., Jf.8, llf.. WHEN Jacob was presented by his son toPharaoh, the patriarch blessed the mightymonarch, as indeed by reason of his vener-able age he had good right to do. Jacob himself,however, comparing his life with those of his fathers,declared, few and evil have the days of the years ofvaj life been. As he grew very feeble, Josephbrought to him the two little sons, Manasseh andEphraim, who had been born to Joseph in Egypt.And Jacob blessed the children, seeking to pass on tothem as Josejahs sons the birthright and leadershipof the race, which in his own life had caused so muchstrife and bitterness. Joseph brought the elder boy Manasseh to his fath-ers right, to receive the chief blessing; but Jacobdeliberately crossed his hands and laid the right handwith its gift of leadership upon the A^ounger, Eph-raim. An

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