The Lantern

The Preparation of the Gospel · BOOK 925

CCEL

CHAPTER XXIV

'PHILO also, in his fourteenth book Concerning Jerusalem, testifies to the truth of the sacred Scriptures, speaking as follows:

"For them the mighty lord of all the land

A happy home prepared----he, now most high,

Who from the ancient stock of Abraham

And Isaac sprang, and Jacob rich in sons

Claimed as his sire----Joseph of royal dreams

The wise interpreter, who seated high

On Egypt's throne now sways the sceptre's power,

Much tossed erewhile by waves of fickle fate:"

and so forth. So much concerning Joseph.'