Children of the Old Testament

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Unknown. Children of the Old Testament

THE STORY OF BENJAMIN

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THE CHILD MOSES

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RUTH THE GLEANER

THE CHILD SAMUEL

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DAVID THE SHEPHERD YOUTH

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KING DAVID'S LITTLE BOY

ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW'S SON

THE SHUNAMMITE'S BOY

A LITTLE JEWISH MAID

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Joseph was bought from the merchants by an officer who had command over the soldiers of Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt; and after a time of trial he prospered so well that he became one of the chief officers of the king, having among other tasks the care of the royal granaries or storehouses of corn.

Now Joseph, who was very wise and thoughtful, caused great storehouses of brick to be set up in all the cities, and he told the people to place in these granaries one-tenth of the yield of each year's harvest. This he did to guard against any time of famine which might fall upon the land.

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Mounted on strong camels, and followed by a string of asses with the empty corn-sacks on their backs, the ten brothers left the Vale of Hebron, and rode slowly across the hot desert to one of the gates of the great Egyptian wall. Again they came to the island, and were ferried over to the city as before.

The camels knelt in the wide marketplace, where Joseph had been sold as a slave twenty years before, to wait while one of the brothers went to tell the doorkeeper of Joseph's house that the ten shepherds of Canaan had returned with their youngest brother. After waiting for a time they were told that the king's officer would see them.

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