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5 He is put into the Pit.

This very paragrah will clearly show

How they did seek young Joseph's overthrow,

His father sent him to the rural plain,

Where with their flocks his brothers did remain

When afar off young Joseph they espied,

Behold, here comes the dreamer now, they cried

Let us conclude to take his life away,

And cast him in a pit without delay,

Then see how all his dreams will come to pass :

But Reuben, Reuben pitied him, alas !

And hid him in the pit, there to remain,

Till he might safe conduct him home again.

What mortal man is able to express,

Poor Joseph's grief when in the wilderness

He lay confined ? no doubt his present fears

Caused his youthful eyes to flow with tears.