Jacob sent Joseph to inquire if all was well with them. So
Joseph set out on his errand and found his brothers in the
pasture-lands of Dothan.
When his brothers saw him coming they decided to get rid of him in some
way. Their hearts were full of hatred and they deliberately planned to
kill their brother. One thing after another was suggested until at
last they decided to leave him in a deep, dry water-cistern to starve
to death.
Reuben, the eldest son, intended to get Joseph out of the cistern later
and send him home to his father, but he was unable to do this, for in
his absence his brothers sold Joseph to some merchants who came along
just then.
[Illustration: His brothers sold Joseph to some merchants.]
These merchants took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, one of
the officers of the King's household. Potiphar was very kind to
Joseph, and as he grew up made him his steward or overseer. Joseph had
very winning manners and in time rose to be the governor or ruler over
all the land of Egypt and in high favor with King Pharaoh.
[Illustration: Ruler over all the land of Egypt.]
Meanwhile Joseph's brothers had told their father that Joseph had been
killed by a wild beast, and in proof they showed Jacob his son's
handsome coat, which they had taken from him and dipped in blood for
this purpose. Jacob mourned long and bitterly for Joseph, and then he
and his sons lived on much as they had been doing until there was a
famine in the land and no food was to be had.
Then Jacob sent his ten older sons to Egypt to buy corn, for it was
plentiful there. He would not let Benjamin go, however, fearing that
some harm might come to him. When Reuben and his brothers reached
Egypt they were taken to Joseph, the governor, who recognized them at
once, but pretended to think they were spies. They protested in vain
that they had been sent by their father to buy food and that this was
their only errand.
Joseph asked them if they had any other brothers, and they told him
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.
John Middleton Murry (August 6, 1889 March 12, 1957) was an English writer. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married, as her second husband, in 1918. Following her death, he edited her work. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, along with the writer Joyce Cary, a lifelong friend.