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12 Joseph Declareth himself.

' My lord hear thy servant now I pray.

Our father, when we brought the child away

Expressed such grief and sorrow for his sake,

That if he stay, his aged heart will break :

Seeing his tears, which fell like showers of rain,

I promised then he should return again.

Therefore, my lord, pray let him go, for I

Am loth to live to see my father die"

Joseph from tears could now no longer hold ;

He said, " I am your brother whom yon sold

To Egypt, when on me your anger fell ;

And is my father yet alive and well.”

Then on each other's neck they wept amain.

Their cries were heard, from tcars conld not refrain

“ O fetch my father hither, Joseph cried,

That for the family I may provide."