The first khedive; lessons in the life of Joseph

by Daniel March

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1887 ... XXX. JOSEPH RECEIVING HIS FATHER. FROM Hebron to Goshen was a long journey, and a very hard one, too, to be taken by a man a hundred and thirty years of age, as Jacob was when he received the call from Joseph to go down into Egypt and finish EGYPTIAN OX-CARRIAGE. 1. An Ethiopian princess traveling in a plaustmm (2), or car drawn by oxen; over ber is a sort of umbrella. 3. An attendant. 4. Tbe charioteer or driver. his days in the strange land. There were no roads for carriages, and yet Jacob was carried in some kind of wheeled vehicle--or wagon, as the word stands in our version of the ancient story. A large part of the way there was not even a track to show where man or beast had passed before. The drivers must have spent much time in looking forward and turning this way and that to find ground over which the slow oxen could drag the heavy two-wheeled vehicle in which were carried the aged, the feeble and the little ones. Sometimes they must go far out of their course to cross a ravine or to find a pass between hills. They could make only a few miles of advance in a day. The route must be determined by the chances of finding water, and long rests must be made to give the animals time to look for coarse grass or shrubs to keep them alive. Goshen after they came upon the cultivated country, and they moved on at a brisker pace, but they never seemed to move so slowly to the impatient rider, who felt that now the last, crowning joy of his life was at hand. He was to see Joseph; then he could die in peace. He could not wait for the slow oxen and the creaking wain to carry him to the capital where the Pharaoh held his court and Joseph managed the affairs of state. He sent forward Judah, the best and the bravest of the ten sons, to tell his princely brother that ...

104 pages, Paperback

Published February 9, 2012

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1816-1909