. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . came up out of the riv-er seven fatcows, and they fed in a field near by. Then sev-enlean cows came up that were naught but skin andbone. And the lean cows ate up the fat cows. And Joseph and his Brethren, 87 yet no one would have known it, for they were justas lean as when I first saw them. Then I woke,but soon fell a-sleep once more. Then I dreamt, and in my dream I saw sev-enears of corn come up on one stalk, full and good.And lo, sev-en earsthat were thin anddried up with the eastwind sprang
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. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . came up out of the riv-er seven fatcows, and they fed in a field near by. Then sev-enlean cows came up that were naught but skin andbone. And the lean cows ate up the fat cows. And Joseph and his Brethren, 87 yet no one would have known it, for they were justas lean as when I first saw them. Then I woke, but soon fell a-sleep once more. Then I dreamt, and in my dream I saw sev-enears of corn come up on one stalk, full and good.And lo, sev-en earsthat were thin anddried up with the eastwind sprang up af-terthem. And the poorears ate up the goodones. Jo-seph said, Forsev-en years there willbe no lack of food inthe land, and all willgo well; and then therewill come a time ofgreat want, and richand poor will be inneed of food, and nota few will starve todeath. Let the king choose a wise man to see thatcorn is laid up in the land when the good yearsbring the rich growth, so that there will be no lackof food in the years when the crops are small. And the king said to Jo-seph, Since God hath. PHA-RA-OH S DREAM. 88 History of the Old Testament. showed thee all this there is none so wise as thouart. So he put him in charge of all the land ofE-gypt, and he was to rank next to the king. Andthe king took a ring from his own hand and put iton Jo-sephs hand, and when he rode out, men bowedthe knee, and his word was law in all the land.And Jo-seph took a wife, and he who was broughtto E-gypt a slave, was now a rich man. And there came years when the grain grew rankin the fields, and the crops were large. And Jo-sephsaw that a large part of it was laid up, and that therewas no waste of the good food. For the end of thoserich years came and then there was a time of dearthin all the lands, when the earth would not yield, andmen and beasts were in want of food. But there was no lack of corn in E-gypt. AndJo-seph sold the corn that he had stored in thebarns, and crowds came in to buy it.