whom he served, his forgiveness of the injuries done him by his brothers, his tender kindness to his aged father, -all constrain us, as we read the story of his life, to wish to "go and do likewise."

VIII. THE SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY

IX. THE SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE
X. CORN IN EGYPT.

XI. JOSEPH'S BRETHREN RETURN HOME .
XII. SECOND VISIT OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN
XIII. JOSEPH ENTERTAINETH HIS BRETHREN
XIV. THE CUP. .

XV. JOSEPH FOUND

XVI. JOSEPH SENDS FOR HIS FATHER
XVII. JACOB GOES DOWN INTO EGYPT.
XVIII. JOSEPH MEETS HIS FATHER JACOB
XIX. JOSEPH'S RULE DURING THE FAMINE
XX. JACOB'S DEATH.
XXI. JACOB'S BURIAL.

XXII. JOSEPH COMFORTS HIS BRETHREN.
XXIII. JOSEPH'S DEATH

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VII. Joseph interprets the Dreams of the Butler and

Baker.

VIII. Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dream.

IX. The King's Gifts to Joseph

X. The Brothers bowing down before Joseph.

XI. Simeon bound as a Surety

XII. Benjamin is introduced to Joseph

XIII. The Cup is found in Benjamin's Sack

XIV. Joseph made known to his Brethren
XV. Meeting of Joseph and his Father
XVI. Joseph bewails his Father's Death.

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CHAPTER I.

JACOB AND HIS SONS.

HAVE you ever heard of Jacob, who was also called Israel? He was the son of Isaac, and he had an elder brother named Esau. We read in the Bible that Jacob bought his brother Esau's birthright for a mess of pottage, and that he deceived his father Isaac, who was blind, by putting on Esau's clothes, so that his father blessed him instead of blessing Esau. But Jacob became a very good man afterwards, and tried to please God by doing what was right.

I am now going to tell you about Joseph, who was one of the sons of Jacob. Jacob had twelve sons. I will not tell you the names of all of them, because you would find them hard to remember. But you must try to learn that Reuben was the eldest son, and Simeon and

Judah a little younger; that Benjamin was the youngest, and that Joseph was only a little older than Benjamin.

Jacob was married more than once, and although he was the father of these twelve sons, they did not all have the same mother. The wife that Jacob loved best was named Rachel, and she was the mother of the two youngest sons, Joseph and Benjamin.

Joseph and Benjamin loved each other very dearly, but their ten elder brothers did not like them much; and I am sorry to say they did not set Joseph and Benjamin a good example. This grieved their father, and made him love his two youngest sons the more because they were good and did not vex him.

Now Jacob had a great many sheep, and his elder sons used to take care of them, and to lead them to places where they could find enough grass to eat. Very often they had to go a long way from home, because the country was very hot, and the sun withered much of the grass and dried up the springs of water. Joseph sometimes went with his brothers, and sometimes he stayed at home with his father; and now and then his father would send him with a message to his brothers, who were taking care of the sheep. Benjamin was too young ever to help his brothers, so he always remained at home.