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Lesson XXII

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS (Genesis

Let thy servant, to

my

lord,

XLIV,

and

XLII-XLV)

pray thee, abide instead of the lad a the lad go up with his brethren.

I

let

bondman (Genesis

33.)

Hatred stirreth up But love covereth

strifes; all

Read Psalm XXXIV,

transgressions.

(Proverbs X,

12.)

12-15.

Thus Joseph became ruler of the great kingdom of Egypt, second only to the king himself. He was charged particularly

land less

with the task of safeguarding the food supply of the for the seven years of famine, soon to come. Needto

say,

he discharged this important task in the same

conscientious and able manner, in which he had performed

An

Ancient Egyptian Granary \n