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this run just

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run no no

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no come on J

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he to p g Steward of the

Pharaoh the slave market of avaris crown

city of Egypt home to the Pharaoh God to

his people welcomes the chief steward

and the head of Pharaoh's Gods the most

honored potifa

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I have F

slaves of them are ex which one do you

want which

one do you want one of

these no no is this one

look well in a caller

this

one this one sir he's the best sir he's

a fine slave sir look at that fine head

look look at those shoulders look at

that back those arms he is

perfect ah teeth

young he's healthy enough but probably

never done A Hard Day's labor in his

life ah but he can be trained Master he

he's he's submissive he's obedient you

do anything without a whimper and he

knows his place never opens his mouth

except to

pray is that true

boy answer the master

and to whom are these prayers

addressed which

gods only one my

Lord only one

God must be very poor

indeed well

boy my one God provides all my needs my

lord well he hasn't done very well for

you now has

he these semites are a superstitious lot

my Lord these what semites

semites semites but when they are not

praying they work very hard hard workers

are they

yes I don't know I don't know what do

you think over sir I can knock the piety

out of him master I know that when I

finish with him he'll need a City full

of gods he's young there would be 10

more good years in a slave like

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this we could have made a forun you

destroyed the de

oh my Lord come and have a closer look

my Lord

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the boy's amusing for a good price I'll

take him off your hands he wants you did

you hear that he wants you

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go

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oh

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come on move on

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Mo the other

way my name is

ednan

you sleep

here you bathe each

day the mistress likes her slaves clear

clean and

Silent she sleeps 16 hours a

day remember

that before work each

day we give praise to

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amul father of all gods and praise is

how you begin your life

here praise to the all powerful am

praise to the all powerful praise to the

all powerful

Amon

powerful I thought you were Pious

boy are you too good to praise our God

no master not too

good and

what I I've only ever prayed to the god

of my

fathers well you won't find him

Egypt don't you think you could use

hammon's good

graces I need workers boy not holy

man I just have to teach you to learn

respect for my gods

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huh now sleep all of

you move move

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move don't run in the

water now we

they you them in the

sh fill the arm with water

run holy boy

run said

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Run come on boy

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where's it got

now doesn't seem very powerful to me are

you ready to praise our on

yet not

ready you spill the

water free fill the ear now

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it's a fight you want is

it

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huh come on put your backs into it

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back I gave you very definite

instructions all of this area should in

quear look at this here what are you

doing

fool I said put the bricks against that

wall not this one quiet man it is a

slave who is right they do go here the

soil over there is too poor us Shrine

would sink in a month we both lose our

heads keep to the plans edman follow the

dimensions exactly as I have written

it's simple enough

huh it's no good to me I can't read

idiot

I

can slaver could read

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according to this we begin

here that slave who is

he Joseph the Semite

mistress he understands

drawings yes mistress explain his

bruises well I

uh a slave's Liv mistress his lot is no

different than any other well it should

be

a good Foreman would see this is a

special man

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my wife wishes to compliment you

architect the garden is an absolute

Marvel it's quite lovely thank you

mistress I wish only to serve you've

served

well I owe you a special gift name of

pride

if it's not too forward I should like to

buy one of your

slaves the one who can understand

drawings the

Semite poar I thought you said you

favored

him I did yes and the good architect is

correct we underuse a slave of his

skills his manner is gentle quality lost

on ordinary labor bring the semit SL

Semite

here you tell me I did well the day I

purchased

you I am grateful master that God chose

to be gracious to us both what surely

you remember Master he speaks incessant

of his God I be careful if I were you

you worship as you like in Canaan but in

Egypt only Pharaoh son of Rah is God is

this insolence boy

no master good I serve you with humility

and honest labor but I cannot deny my

God a slave who insists on his own ways

what do you make of that

wife we have enough fools who Pander to

us if the estate is to grow an honest

slave who can read drawings in Cipher

would be a valuable

Edition especially if we taught him our

own writing you see the respect

Pharaoh's chief steward commands in his

own home

slaves instruct him on religion his wife

tells him how to run his household wife

keeps her wits about and draws attention

to what she sees as good and do you see

the slave as

good they say whatever he touches

flourishes is this

true it is my

Lord do you have a name I am Joseph

Master Joseph son of Jacob Joseph son of

Jacob do you think you could bring some

order to my household if I brought you

out of the

fields to be out of the fields master I

can do anything then out of the fields

you shall be we'll see just how matters

flourish under your hands or the hand of

your

God uh you'll have to name another prize

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we've already got us much in store as a

whole of last year's Harvest and there's

still plenty left in the

fields Joseph how do you do

it ednan I don't create the crops for

Harvest must be I know perar thinks you

do why else would he dress me in robes

as fine as

these clothes mean nothing I'm still a

Slave

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mistress please you should not be

here feel

has my husband elevated you to a

position where you can tell me where I

belong no Mistress of course

not then be

still you have some

dust on your

shoulder here let me Splash it off for

you come on

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you work

hard and you have the muscles to prove

it I'm told the barley Harvest is even

bigger than last

seasons yes

mistress Joseph the golden

my husband is convinced that your God is

behind all of his

success you are the

key to everything he's ever hoped

for my God provides for

me would he Grant my wishes if I were

your

friend please Mr R I am only flesh and

blood and you press the limit of my

strength you dare restrain me if my

master knew why he would understand

really is it my fault you lured me here

to take advantage of me he knows me

better than

that it's my

word against that of a Slave

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Joseph

come lie with me

impossible poer has entrusted me with

all that is

his the only thing I cannot touch is you

how could I betray your husband's trust

and sin against

God time will come

Joseph

mistress

Joseph I thought we understood each

other oh I understood you but I think

you misjudged

me so I've decided to give you a second

chance

stop

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where is he

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what my wife's maid servant ran to tell

me is it

true would you have me call your own

wife a liar

Master pH what took you so long didn't

my mid tell you the p i in yes yes yes

yes of course you did of course my but

the Pharaoh has first call on his chief

stewards time as well you know anyway

anyway I'm here now I'm here now and

we'll write any wrong that has been

done I I was

alone

and he came here he came to my chamber

and what excuse that's exactly what I

said

he just laughed at me he said he needed

no excuse that he was your chief steward

and then I had to do what he said or or

it would be the worst for

me he grabbed my arms he forced himself

upon

me I I screamed and I I pushed him away

and I scratched wildly at him you

scratched him yes with the power of the

Goddess best Dead with me I drove him

out I

see I

want the full measure of the law

husband the full measure I want his

death go leave me with the slave

come I thought I could trust you but you

can

Master anyone approaches keep your hands

behind you thank you master now explain

yourself how Master she accuses you of

the viest crime Joseph and demands the

measure of the law in Vengeance which

means your head and a man guilty of that

crime would deserve nothing less so you

deny it yes of course but who would

believe a slave pleading for his

life I deserve better than that from you

I've treated you more like a son than a

slave trusted my entire estate to you

made you the law of my house in my

absence you a slave your lands Prosper

unto my hand which is why I'd rather not

see you dead take me years to find

another like you is there nothing you

can say in no

defense only if you allow me to speak

openly as though I were a free

man so

be but on this occasion only and no one

must ever know I allowed you such a

liberty you know you can trust me I

would never betray you not after all the

goodness you've shown me wouldn't you

call forcing yourself on my wife for

betrayal of course I would and I repeat

I would never betray

you you're saying my wife's a liive

that's not my place Master but whatever

happened to her was not by my hand I

could not do such a

thing no no you

couldn't goes against everything I've

ever seen in

You by all the gods why this now when

things are going so well for my house

give me a reason to believe

you when the blood runs hard a man

forgets his acts have consequences I

have seen the evil that comes from rape

it is hateful to me and an abomination

in the eyes of

God tell me

more tell me more

give me a way of proving this isn't the

way of a man like

you these are old memories

Master thought of a better time before

my

slavery and thought of a great

pain if you value your life Joseph

you'll share them with me

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I was only a

child and a happy one in so many

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ways take your time father

father during a long and hard journey

the Lord our God watched over us and

brought us to a fertile plane near The

Hite town of

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sheem

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Joseph gather the others here my father

Jacob said we should raise our

tents quick father says You must come

they were my 10

Brothers

Reuben

Simeon Levy

and

Judah Dan

neali Gad and

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Asha

Isa

zebul it's time it's time it's

time and there were his wives Leia Who

Bore my father's first

Sons Rachel my mother the one my father

loved

most and the handmaids Zila and

baa and my sister

Dina it was a Happy Time

Master a feeling we' finally come

home the Lord is is truly Our

Shepherd he has fulfilled the promise

made to me at

bethl and has let us safely back to the

land of my

fathers the Lord is my

God the god of Israel

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let's be cautious

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I am hamor king of sheim which lies

behind those walls this is Bea my

Council and this is my son also named

she so there be no doubt as to what the

future holds for our city I am Jacob

also called Israel and these are my

people we come in peace in search of a

and our God promised will be home for us

I see and which God is

that we have only one just

one you must be a people very short on

feasts our Lord provides indeed he

does indeed he

does it was to him you dedicated the

sacrifice but where's the idol I'd like

to see a single God who could provide

for you as well as this one appears to

have done we keep no graven images even

so we know he is always with

us you'll find were're friendly

people and if you also come in peace we

welcome you to camp near our city to

find the home your single God promised

we come only in

peace and of course we intend to pay

full measure for the land and the use of

the spring just name the

price one tenth of your grain and of

your flocks and a third of the animals

increase for 5

years

done and I thank you for your kindness

we shall be worthy neighbors neighbors

yes strangers no in a week we honor the

god of AAR with a marriage followed by a

grand Feast you must join us but we're

so many then at least some

Representatives your

sons perhaps uh the young girl here your

invitation is kind count upon some of us

being among your number

I don't like it they're fat towns people

I say we keep our distance and if they

give us trouble always a sword

Simeon it's the hard way the only way

you know it's the shest way no the only

sure way is the way of the Lord as he

has brought us thus far he will continue

to guide us

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quick it's nothing it's nothing this new

child of yours just keeps telling me

that he's almost ready are you all right

yes it's nothing

go go go it's all right

go you must take better care of you

yourself there's no need for you to be

doing this heavy work no it's better

that I work here with the others there's

enough anger boiling under the surface

as it is under the surface is where it

will stay while I'll settle here even

pay more for the land that it's worth if

not to give you a chance to rest before

you give birth because it's also proof

that the promises are coming true we

will inherit the land that God promised

to Abraham I know that you accepted his

terms so that I could be settled when I

have our second child but

Jacob the others know it too Rachel I've

made no secret of my love for you I

never have you're first in my eye and my

heart second Jacob second Joseph comes

first with you

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I

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I

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see I

see the

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oh

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wait my

dear you're Jacob's daughter aren't you

yes I

am let's sit

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here now enjoy yourself this is a feast

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me

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well poor girl are you all right my

dear don't worry I see you

her you need a quiet moment to gather

yourself

together you'll be fine I'll take you to

a cool room for the rest

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you need to

rest lie down here for a

while you'll be fine

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don't be frightened it's only

me yes I mean I'm not

frightened you're perfectly

safe nobody as beautiful as you could

ever really be in

danger you're a woman who can have

anything she wants yes

well not really a woman just a girl

really no a

woman whose face haunts me at night

whose

whose smell makes my head spin please I

have to go I shouldn't be here this is

exactly where you

belong with me stay away Brothers s in

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there's no excuse for what my son did to

your your daughter to all of

you other than that he was drunk with

love the crime shames us violates all

laws and traditions no love can come

from violence I gave you my

trust my

friendship please Jacob

listen I'm asking for your

daughter I asked for her in marriage to

my son

I'll do anything whatever you

ask but I beg

you let me marry Dena your people and

mine can be one

Jacob we will take your daughters as

wives and you will take

ours then you be strangers here no

more let you seek a peace that can wash

away the stain of violence as

good and

appreciated but our traditions and

beliefs demand that we can only marry

those who worship Our

God and Our God

Alone he's a good God your God we see

his presence among you see how you

prosper we watched your sacrifice to

him we respect your

beliefs and we can learn to work ship as

you do and you can embrace all our

rituals we both have much to think

upon until tomorrow

perhaps until tomorrow

then should be

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punished

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strong is it that

simple they take our sister for a

and the reward is we embrace them make

them family master of our women's

daries not if I have a say in it but you

don't none of us do this decision is for

our father

alone I've heard enough you're like the

women clogging

away good night

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Brothers he's right it is father's

decision yes but what happens after that

is something else all together

together go

on accepting our rituals means all their

males must be

circumcised and if they

are they'll be

sick

weak at our

Mercy get to the pastures spread the

word we'll need Every Man 3 days is what

it takes for the fever and the weakness

by the fourth morning it'll have passed

along with our one chance

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yes well

Israel have you thought upon

it I

have and I see great wisdom in your

offer but have you considered what you

must do to marry amongst

us circumcision is a harsh demand to

make of grown men Jacob but absolutely

necessary it is a sign we bear on our

flesh of our covenant with our Lord a

proof that we Embrace his

Commandments only then can we be allowed

to be united through

marriage so be it our men shall be

circumcised

and we shall be United in

peace a new and strong people

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h

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he

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you love me no

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he hey

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Madness

Insanity how in your hearts could you

have done such a

thing

ruthless

merciless is this the good way the right

way you have brought ruin ardas someone

had to defend Dina she can't be treated

as a she was to be treated like a

bride

you have broken the

pieace and used our traditions for

vengeance now she's neighbors will join

forces against

us we're so few in

number GA our

things we must leave this place we must

leave this place gather our things

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and so we were forced to leave the land

that held so much promise

we went up to bethl where my father had

once erected a monument to God and again

God spoke to

him as my father told me the Lord said

be fertile and increase a nation and

assembly of Nations shall descend from

you Kings shall issue from your loins

the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now

give to you and to your Offspring to

come I will give this land

push push to push push

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you have another son

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Rachel Rachel stay awake Rachel jacobel

my sister Rachel she's

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dying call

him Ben Oni

child of of

pain no not

poni

Benjamin child of happiness

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Jose Benjamin Benjamin

Benjamin Jose

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benjam catch you Benjamin

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Bea Bea spend a moment with

me I have work R but I have things to

tell you important things per

tomorrow you know this is my last

night when Jacob returns I must go out

with the hers no

so this is my last chance to speak to

you

privately that's impossible Reuben I

belong to your father for now baa but I

am the

eldest and all the concubines that

belong to him now will belong to me

sooner or later

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are you mad I've got Benjamin sleeping

in here with me

I thought you should

know I should send them both away

go how could he do this to me how dare

he do this to me Reuben seduces Bea

Rachel's maid servant Who Bore Me

children Bea is like a mother to

Benjamin your sons give me nothing but

grief forcing us to leave she like like

thieves forcing us to take Rachel on a

trk that that kills her and now this he

was wrong I know that but once you speak

to him no more words things must change

Reuben is my first born your first son

No More Words

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yes one phase of the

moon then you return to help with the

Harvest be careful be

alert while you are gone Joseph will be

in

Authority you will hear his words as if

they were

mine

Joseph is this a game

father I am the eldest and the one who

shows me no

respect you and beer shamed me before

the entire Camp Simeon and Levy betrayed

my word at

sheum if my sons will not honor me I

cannot honor them

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come see what Joseph yes make you me

it meet forer little brother me from

where a she you can pick the one for

Slaughter if you like me never come on

brother's specifically prade us from

well he's not here is he us he's not

stuck out here alone baking another Sun

living on dried fruit there's a nice fat

one will stick to our

ribs but what will you tell father he

won't find out at least he'd better know

no waging

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T our fault the poor little lamb Strays

off and gets mowed by a mountain

line understand little

brother what difference does it make

he's got more sheep than anyone else in

heon but father me Char the sheep and be

quiet

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come on

Joseph have something to

eat it's only a

lamb poor little thing molded to death

by a mountain

L

eat I'm not hungry

look at the hide any fool can see it was

killed by a wild animal a close look

hey

any right brother do you take me for a

fool I've been a Shepherd my entire life

I know the problem Shepherds face and I

also know their tricks father silence

they're take it away get it out of my

sight

at least now we know what to expect from

Joseph

betrayal he's a

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spy he certainly looks like like a prin

tall and strong oh Jacob it's

beautifully made if only his mother

could see him now it's wonderful surely

I don't deserve it none of his brothers

have anything this fine none of them

deserve it he does he has proven his

loyalty and responsibility he has earned

the coat just as he's earned the

succession now leave me alone with him

go all of you go

I'm honoring you Joseph naming you my

Heir next in line is head of the

tribe you can count on all your sons

father some more than others Simeon Levy

Reuben I can never forget at what they

did the coat is a Mark that you will

carry on the

line when you wear it remember it is a

robe of

Honor now get some sleep we have a lot

of work to do the Harvest starts

tomorrow

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Joseph tell me again what her mother was

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like she was

gentle

kind

loving and very beautiful

more beautiful than Leah Sila and B yes

much

more is it true that I killed her of

course not why did you ever getet such

an

idea I heard some of the women say that

she died because I was

born that's foolishness

Benjamin that's not why she died why

then

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I don't know why

Benjamin people are

born

live and

die even the stars fall and die and the

sun sets every day just to be reborn the

next

morning I wish I'd had no mother I'd

never have let her

okay it's not that simple little

brother Hush Now go to

sleep are you going to sleep in your new

coat

yes I love it so

much I must sleep now tomorrow's

Harvest hard work

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so then we all began to bind our sheets

and brought them together and set them

upright

and as soon as they were on

end but don't stop now what

happened

then your sheep's prostrated themselves

they bowed down before mine that's it

taking all I can boy's gone crazy

because of Father's promises to him he

already thinks he's our master I also

had a dream in mind there were 12 piles

of manure the smallest one walked and

talked and told tal no be

serious I've heard enough of him it's

time we had this out tonight after the

day's work

we'll see what father thinks about

this so we all began to bind our sheep

and brought them together and set them

upright and as soon as they were on

end their sheeps bowed down before mine

do you hear that F he dreams of being

our Master this has to be stopped and

that Simeon is as foolish a thing as

I've ever heard should I order the boy

to stop Dreaming Dreams have meanings

and when God intends for us to

understand them he'll make it all clear

until such time all we can do is

listen Joseph you spoke of another

dream yes

Father tell

us I better not I

think if God gave you a dream you must

share it with us

I dreamt the sun and the moon and the

stars paid homage to

me I I don't know what that

means am I the sun perhaps surely not

your mother the moon your 11 Brothers

the Stars I mean should we all bow down

to

you now you've listened to this madness

perhaps we can go back to the way things

were the way things ought to be yes I'm

sure you'd like that but Joseph's dreams

do not change what happened at sheum or

with the Lambs of the

fields dreams do not change my decisions

I'm sending you to see how the flocks

are doing not to a

feast

son you're getting older bigger and

where once your brothers might resent

you as you gain strength and position

they begin to feel very threatened by

you I want you to try and make peace

with

them yes Father that's also what I want

but sometimes the anger is time will

ease that if you're more careful of

their

feelings Joseph they're different than

you are they're all brought up together

like a pack of lion

cubs you and Benjamin are the children

of my old age you were given more

attention perhaps but your brothers see

that as more

love we both must help try to make them

see the

truth understand yes Father good

then go safely and with a steady Pace

you should find him within a two days

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journey each night grows colder than the

one before we have another cycle of the

moon before we can return I'm in no

hurry only thing waiting for us at heon

is our new master in his wonderful Cat

come little sheaves bow down before the

great man Joseph come on bow Mercy Mercy

Master please have mercy upon us the

wild animal tore a little lamp to be

please please oh we are innocent oh

great Joseph please have mercy upon

us no my brothers I'm in no hurry to see

him again it's peaceful

here unless he comes looking for us I

think we should move west what makes you

think departure will be any better

somewhere else we'll move west tomorrow

to the region near

Dothan the grass will be Fuller there

listen to him give orders and predict

what we'll

find must have been a dream runs in the

family the only thing I dream about is

women but I do know that if we move on

no one will know where we are and no one

will be able to spy on us

I

agree let anyone who wants to find us

have to dream where we are

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what are you looking

for I'm looking for my

brothers they're pastoring the flock

somewhere near here they moved on I

heard them say they were going to

Dothan thank

you are you sure they went

Quest last night I dreamt I was on one

of those big ships that duck in Jaffa I

had three women one had red hair the

other gold the third your dreams don't

count you're not

Joseph I wonder father wasn't so pleased

with his last dream that's right

yes what if they are prophetic all of us

kneeling down to him father to sickening

stop it it's only a dream we'll end up

bowing and scraping to him crawling to

beg for favors stop

it what is

it here

brothers look the dreamer himself and in

the coat I swear I could rip it from his

back father sends you fresh food

I say we kill

him what I say we kill

him it's the only way to be done with

him once and for all hold your tongue

don't even think it no no Simon is right

to kill him never if it's to teach him a

lesson then throw him in a pit but you

don't spill your brother's blood why not

it could happen a long journey by

himself thieves or a mountain line wait

we tried this with the lamb father saw

right through the LIE imagine what he

make of this the fact that he caught us

in the last lie would make this one all

the more believable yes he never expect

us to lie a second time especially about

Joseph

Brothers well this is the only chance

you'll ever have to be done with him

that's right to assume a rightful place

once the old man's gone do it do it your

mind you can't spill a Brother's blood

have you thought of the curse which will

fall upon us if we do this stop it stop

it now before it's too late stop what

ignore him don't speak to boys who come

to work in Grooms clothing you come in

search of more Tales to tell father

wants a report and he thinks I'm the one

to do the job he told forget what he

told you you report on me and it'll be

the last thing you do Simon I'll do as

father instructed Simeon stop it I'll do

as father tells me and your warning

smells of too much water him back

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take NE

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I'll remember brother I'll remember that

when the time came to act for ourselves

you weren't there no I wasn't perhaps

I'm just not as big and brave As You Are

you're letting him go what if he tells

our father he won't do anything not

Reuben he stands the most to gain from

all this with Joseph gone who else will

our father put in line to replace him

he'll be

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[Music]

back Joseph Hail To Me

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[Music]

R help me

brother please

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help

me

brother grow up all of

you sitting and moping like women what's

done is done now let's get on with our

own business the boy is our

business was brother was there's no

turning back now and if we pulled him

out from the well where you helped me

throw him and have him tell father what

we did at least he's not

dead we could always tell father we just

trying to teach him a lesson and father

will teach us a thing or two the flocks

are his the tents the food everything I

worked too hard to be disowned and left

with nothing no brother we'll have to

see this one through because what our

father doesn't know can't hurt us

there's not much grazing left in these

fields

Simeon I think it best if you and Levy

take part of the flock to Fresh pastures

Nim so you can fish out the boy and

throw the blame on

us

never help

me oh do something Simon before we all

go insane we should have killed

him shut him up

you want to fight me brother if that's

what it

takes but you're not going to kill

him and you're not going to fish him out

if that's the only way to avoid a

Brother's blood on my hands then fish

him out we

will to avoid spilling his blood you'll

have to shed mine if you

can but I'm a reasonable

man I'll give you till dawn to come up

with another suggestion

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ishite

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Traders now the boy must be killed all

they hear is damned whining no no no

they're the answer them how they can

take you for a slave down to Egypt then

at least he'll live and our hands will

be clean if he escapes comes back and

tells father what happened Israelite and

Egyptian slaves don't escape they pay

for him there's money in it for all of

us and no blood

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20 shekel is not a pie in silver of

course

done what is it

help me please Brothers

Brothers help me

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[Applause]

come to save him I won't have his blood

on my

hands it's too late for that

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I found this on the road

must have got

lost wild

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animal

no

no

no no

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what's left to me if Joseph is

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[Applause]

dead

Joseph Joseph

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oh

here then Master is my version of

events and may the Lord my God Stand By

Me as I speak only

truth and desert me for I

lie if you lie I will kill

you it was the last day of the Harvest

Festival the Gratitude to the

gods I set about arranging the house

believing it to be

empty

Joseph

mistress

Joseph I thought we understood each

other oh I understood you but I think

you misjudged

me so I've decided to give you a second

chance

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stop

Joseph

perhaps perhaps if we talked

more

became

close perhaps you might see me

differently you might see how

Melancholy I

am my husband is so busy all the

time loneliness is a terrible thing

Joseph I know you hurt

but you are not a common

man where does mystery come from with

you where are you

from this house is my home now

tell me about your

father you once said he was a

prince does he have many herds of

animals serpants Fields

yes so he's a powerful

man do you think he's happy with his

wealth I don't think my father's wealth

brings you much joy

and what

would I expect he could see me

again you know your freedom is within my

gift

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yes but I can't would offend

God you know you want

me look how you shaking

you want me as much as I want

you go

Joseph go fly with

me leave

me stop who do you think you are you

fool you dare lay a hand on your

mistress my husband would kill you for

this

is that

all as I swear before the Lord my God

summon the household

good let them all hear him

sentenced to death

I have heard the reports and weighed

them the slave is

guilty here then is my

decision as I say it so it' be written

so it' be

done the slave is to be taken to the

pharaoh's prison and held there at my

pleasure the Jailer is to report to me

weekly on his treatment and his progress

thus is this matter now

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closed bring him

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you humiliated me you sent him to prison

at your

pleasure what about my

honor what honor how dare you I know you

wife I know

you don't

understand whatever you believe of

me how can you let him live

how can you humiliate me like

that because one humiliation deserves

another

wife anyone who knows Joseph also knows

that if he swears by his God he telling

the

truth what is more important to you

is

God or my good name the

truth the

truth yes that's what

matters well

then you might as well set him

free and complete my shame

wherever he

is whatever happens to

him he is

free because his God is with him

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come

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on no

my God

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hey he he he

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he

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up

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keep

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he he to pipa chief steward of the

pho peace be with you master do you know

about

this the water said only to expect two

new Prisoners the Excellence of your

work here is becoming common knowledge

they say the prisoners have never eaten

better water has never been richer the

Pharaoh has never had spend less to keep

his jails running 10 times a day I'm

asked how you do it God blesses my work

Master as I've seen for myself and I

know that one day he'll see me gone from

this place well he'll have to deal with

a Farah first I'm not so sure than on

speaking

terms as you see two very fine

specimens fine garments Royal eye

tattoos and of station and

breeding that one is well was Pharaoh's

Baker the scraw one is cup Bearer

important

men how did they end up here accused of

theft of Pharaoh's bracelet of the Sun

the mark of the true son

God it's gone

missing and Pharaoh Sears and

prognosticators say that one of these

two is the

culprit then their lives are over

probably but you never know what can

happen and in case they ever get out of

this place and find themselves restored

at courted would serve you well to serve

them

well you w stand completely Master you

do this well Joseph and you can give me

a valuable Ally when the time comes to

feed your case with Pharaoh

himself may your God be with you

I am Joseph my lords I have been

instructed to attend you during your

stay

here are you the wer no my Lord his

servant you must be the Semite who does

the wers work for him I am honored that

you know of me my

Lord yes the court knows how well you

serve your Masters and their

wives there are many stories that have

no truth my

Lord are you calling poer a liar slave

no my Lord are you calling his beautiful

wife a liar I accuse is no one my Lord

really well I accuse you slave I accuse

you of staining poyer's wife's good name

of calling potier a liar God God come

here beat this man with your whip care

for my friend we are in his

prison his prison he a slave potifa will

thank me for punishing such

insolence don't look to this slave for

permission I serve in the court of the

Pharaoh God on Earth do as I tell

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you you will not slaugher the name of

potifa you will not slander the name of

his wife

he will praise me for upholding his

honor

SL leave

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[Laughter]

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they say this season's Market will be

bigger than last I hope so it gets

harder and harder to scratch out a

living Judah you don't have the animals

to prosper you know that you need good

rotting males healthy she goats use I

won't return to my father's Camp I can't

live with Jacob's sorrow he still Mourns

the lot of Joseph and the entire

settlement is a pool of grief as a

widower I have enough of my own

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I will give you CA water

Master now there's a

sight a a Canaanite who hides her

face they're always

bewitching it's a strange custom but it

adds to the

mystery TR

treler lie with me and ease your mind

while lining your pockets who can put a

price on a moment's escape from the

Troubles of the

world I have no money with me my friend

is a recent widower and while he may not

have money with him he does own fine

flocks perfect animals the softest

fleece you've ever

felt though I can't say what someone

like you might have felt

I see no

herds they're at the

market I could bring you a sheep on the

way

back

tomorrow and until then only my

word then you can leave me your staff

and seal as a

pledge tomorrow when you bring the

fleece

I'll return them

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again there's a new potion

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ah

life is hard on

you a Barren daughter-in-law that buried

my first

son people

die they

do but as is the custom with my people I

forced my second son to marry her so

that his brother's wealth would not be

lost and he too

died Misfortune

indeed you have other family

11

Brothers once there were

12 but the second youngest

was taken by a wild

animal and ever since not a day passes

but my father sheds a tear at the

youngsta's

memory his sorrow was so thick I had to

leave and start my own

encampment you grieve as if the boy's

death was your fault never in no what

hey why would you even think such a

thing no injury

intended you're a very fine

woman thank

you until tomorrow

then when I bring you your

fleece and redeem my staff and seal

until

tomorrow pay homage to poar chief

steward

to peace be upon you master call the

door Edan the

door

come the water tells me your

distinguished guests aren't sleeping

very well it seems their sleep's

troubled by

Dreams they're not alone

strange

dreams full of

science soon as I learned of this I came

myself because I know of your gift for

reading the messages of the

night and a chance to redeem yourself by

interpreting for them you can't remain

silent now that they know you have the

special

gift how do they know I'm you back at

court Pharaoh's men work night and day

to retrieve the bracelet

they'll have it before

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long I hear you have the gift of Second

Sight at times Master when God sees fit

to Grant it how low of we' Fallen

listening to the ramblings of a Semite

slave the ability to interpret dreams is

a gift from God then why don't you see

how well he could do for you ventner I

intend

to be seated

Joseph here is my

dream I was in a Vineyard in the

countryside there was a Vine in front of

me and on the vine were three branches

one of which began to Bud now no sooner

had it budded than it blossomed and its

clusters became Rich

grapes I had Pharaoh's Cup in my hand I

picked the grapes and I squeezed them

into Pharaoh's

cup and then I handed the cup to

Pharaoh now can you interpret

this is what it

means the three branches are three days

in another 3 days the Pharaoh will lift

up your head and restore you to your

position then you will hand the Pharaoh

his cup as you have always

done rest easy your days here are

numbered can it be

true now listen to me slave

I too had a

dream there were three wicker trays on

my head in the top

tray were all kinds of pastries for

Pharaoh such as a baker might

make but

birds were eating them of the tray on my

head give me its

meaning I am sorry I cannot interpret

that dream you can

I know you

can you're hiding something from me tell

me what it

means very

well this is what I believe your dream

to

mean the three trays are also 3 days in

another 3 days the Pharaoh will lift up

your head as

well by hanging you from a Gallows then

the birds will eat the flesh from your

bones no

the pharaoh's bracelet has been

found warrants have been

issued what does it

say she promised she'd be here more to

your good fortune she's not you kept

your end of the

bargain if she's not here then you get

the sweet memory of her bed and get to

keep your animals I gave her my staff

and Seed as a pledge

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Remember come I think I can find her

home

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my punishment will never

end never

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[Applause]

I am most grateful for your judgment in

this matter I always knew even in the

darkest days that I could always

yes I trust my Master's stay here was

made as easy as

possible yes yes considering the

circumstances

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now repeat everything you've learned

Benjamin the table of the descendants of

Tera who was 70 when he begat Abraham

Noor and

Haron father you know I have the lines

of our family completely memorized

shouldn't I be helping my brothers pen

the flocks their backs are strong enough

for the job for you this is more

important you have to carry on I'm the

line but I'm the youngest father Reuben

even Judah I spent a lifetime showing me

they're not up to the

task it would have been Joseph who would

have carried on the line

but my other

Sons it was a wild animal who took

Joseph you can't go on blaming the

others forever we must take our signs

from God in my heart I know Rachel was

called to give us a next in line

and with Joseph

G that means you must keep our

Traditions alive maintain Abraham's

Covenant with our Lord blessed be his

name now young man back to the

tables and the sons of Abraham were

Isaac and Ishmael and Isaac begat Esau

and Jacob and Esau who was called Edom

took among the Canaanites

father father

quickly is

Judah Judah

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Reuben

Judah s

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here

D natal natal

goad

a this

a little Benjamin they not so little

anymore and my

father my father Jacob

welcome to my our

camp to you and

yours I am surprised to see

you I couldn't stay away from you

father especially now when my clan faces

a problem that needs a wiser head than

mine what sort of

problem Tamor

Widow of two of my sons and betro to cah

my third is with

child and S is her

father no and she refuses to say who she

laid

with and no matter how hard we press

her she stays

silent then by custom she must be

banished but by Canaanite way when a

woman lies with a man other than her

betrothed she must

die what should I have done father I

gave her my firstborn in marriage and he

died

childless so I insisted my second son

marry her as his duty to the family

still she remained Barren then when he

died you promis your son cah as is our

custom but I kept delaying the marriage

the woman's cursed father she buries

husbands before there are Sons to

replace them I lost two boys I loved

should I have Miss the

third I know the pain of losing a child

you love

dearly I know it

well yes she'll speak of anything you

ask except the father of the child in

her stomach and she's unafraid this is

not our problem

Jacob that much is true

Judah you left this

camp and establish your own

line you must be responsible for

yourself and the decisions you

made we'll take her back to our

camp there by kite custom

she must

die we leave at first

light fine looking well there is rumor

to some Break Fever

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[Music]

so what do you have a knife you think

that by killing me you can save your own

life you do me a favor

by trying to spill my blood you

justify my own decision to see you

executed

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you I only did it because I wanted a

child this child that is rightfully mine

a son to continue the name of my husband

a your own son and

firstborn but you didn't give sell it to

me when it came in it as you should have

done

you're a very gracious girl

TOA but not brave enough to to face

death that won't

happen I have enough to answer for the

crime of taking your life for something

I have done is more than I can

bear you were right and I was

wrong I should have given you to

S the only sin there is belongs to me

you will live to have your

child and raise him as a mother

should living in your own

tent with

respect and love

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pay heed as the god Ra walks among you

pay heed to the Pharaoh son of the

heavens

raw incarnate

[Music]

is

RA as the god Rah fills the heavens with

the

Sun so the Pharaoh Rah on Earth does the

same here

below potifa the Gods Must Be blinding

you a fool can see I shed no light the

Pharaoh is not well physician attend the

God on Earth it's not my body that ails

if you knew your science visier you'd

see it's my heart that weighs me down

I'm beginning to wonder if you know your

art if the Pharaoh is in pain then let

him speak of it and the answer will be

his dreams I'm haunted by

dreams I

dreamt I dreamt I was in the Great River

communing with my spirit in the heaven

near me were

seven wonderfully fat and gentle water

cows who seemed to float along with me

it was Serene so very

Serene but we were not alone horrible

starving cows suddenly appeared and the

thin wretched cows ate the Sleek fat

cows

I woke in a cold

sweat and do my horror when I finally

got back to sleep I had a second dream

just as

frightening in this dream there were

seven plump ears of

corn growing on a

stalk then seven blighted ears meager

and scorched by the East Wind sprouted

teeth and devoured the good

ears what can these dreams possibly mean

they can't be a good sign let us begin

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[Music]

a cup of wine

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[Music]

Majesty as might be expected from the

messages to God there is a balance in

these holy dreams first the sacred

lifegiving Nile and then the divine

presence of the omnipotent Pharaoh

himself the healthy cows and then the

lean cows The Ripe ears and then the

unri years I know what was in the dreams

I had them

your job is to tell me what they mean we

we we do not know

Majesty how can you remain silent when

you know there is a man who can ease

your Pharaoh's mind I dare not master

Pharaoh's mood is black I dare not

remind him that I was ever in his

disfavor come on man don't be a fool but

I am a Humble Wine Bearer Master it is

for you poer the chief steward it is for

you to speak up more

wine may I speak with you

Pharaoh only So Others May not hear

you have the dreams of your Pharaoh

interpreted by an alien slave s the

Semite slave interpreted both this man's

dreams and that of the

baker he saw the pharaoh's hand in our

dreams and predicted his judgments

accurately well this slave of yours how

is he called Joseph

sir bring me Joseph the Semite from the

dungeon and tell her nothing about my

[Music]

dreams what is

this I order you to

speak what are you doing

please what have I

[Music]

[Music]

done by prostrate

quick I cannot you know that you

what truly the Pharaoh is greatness

itself but sah my faith decrees I can

kneel only before God

himself even on pain of

[Laughter]

death come

forward take heed magicians what

whatever else I know this man won't lie

to me to save his

life look upon my

face but surely great Pharaoh this is

forbidden only to people who know I'm

God since you hold some primitive being

in high regard I expect that you can

look upon me without burning up try

it I'm told you've learned the secret of

reading messages of the night

interpreting dreams is not a thing to be

learned Pharaoh it is a gift from God

careful one mentioned too many of this

God and you'll be at his side with your

head under your arm so you've been given

this

gift I imagine we shall soon see

Pharaoh your

life depends upon what we shall

see now listen

carefully in my

dream there were seven cows fat and

sleek and they grazed peacefully he's a

very beautiful boy the river yes he is

do you know know what his crime was I've

heard the rumors but I don't believe

it he doesn't strike me as a

fool and everyone knows that Poo's wife

deceives

him I've never seen such poor cows in

all of Egypt but it was impossible to

tell they had eaten the fat cows for

they looked as wretched as

ever was there a second

dream we have told him nothing

s

yes in the second dream there were seven

ears of grain beautifully ripe then

sprouting up behind them were seven

withered ears of grain which devoured

The Ripe

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ones God has revealed to pH what he

intends to do yes Pharaoh's dreams are

one and the same the seven fine cows and

seven ripe ears of grain represent seven

years of plenty the seven wretched cows

and seven shriveled ears of grain are

years of great

want there will be seven years of famine

my

Lord

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madness madness

as if my brother the Sun and sister the

moon would send me messages only a slave

could read potify take him from my sight

get him back to his dungeon and keep him

there until I decide how best to deal

with him

[Music]

no husband another dream to ruin all our

sleep no oh the same

one this is too important to

ignore I'm lost

wife help me me and risk your anger no

I'll keep my own counsel my

Lord as anath here on the other

hand

yes let let me

guess she's so taken with this foreign

Slave oh

yes nothing escapes Pharaoh's eye young

woman she thinks he has the

answer by your own word Lord we know he

does nothing against his conscience even

on pain of

death and you yourself seem reluctant to

see him

hanged there must be a reason you held

your Mighty hand spared him to live to

see another day

I've thought long and hard of your

reading of my

messages have you yes master and I am

certain that Pharaoh has been blessed by

a warning from the Lord

himself so assume then that your reading

is

accurate is there nothing we can do to

prevent This

Disaster Yes master there is

how Pharaoh must select a wise and

honest man and set him above the land of

Egypt he must see that Pharaoh's

overseers collect a fifth of all that is

produced during the years of plenty and

store it for use during the years of

famine in that way Egypt will not be

destroyed by the drought impossible

storing seven years of grain it's

impossible is there no other way to

avert

disaster no master

nothing like this has ever been

attempted so a fifth of all the Harvest

would be entrusted to Pharaoh Yes master

all Egypt would be required to pay you

this

tribute it would call for a man of

exceptional

talent that excludes each of you

potifa

perhaps the answer is

obvious there could be no better man for

this

job than this man himself

can we find anyone endowed with a spirit

of God as he

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is I think

not well said

wife now hear the word of pharaoh raah

on Earth God as

man you shall be my Chancellor

[Music]

and all my people shall respect your

orders only this Throne Shall Set Me

Above

you I make you the governor of all of

Egypt I set you over my

house my people my entire

Kingdom without your consent no man

shall lift up hand or foot

in all of Egypt your name shall

be zapan

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panea and this fine woman shall be your

wife

[Music]

the Pharaoh is raah he sees into the

depths of every being God has seen and

[Music]

spoken this time your God's blessing

makes you

master even of

me trust will treat me

kindly

is

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is what is your name

ainus I'm the daughter of the high

priest of H excuse me but what is my

name my new name I head for continent

zanth

pan zanth pan what does it mean the

Savior am I pleasing to you yes

yes greatly

[Music]

I present to you

[Music]

Za if you will permit me Joseph I'm

sorry Za p

in this great task you'll need someone

at your side as you are once at

mine to serve thee Master would be a

high

honor but my sins against you are

many on your feet

ednan forgiveness is greater than

Vengeance compassion more more powerful

than

anger as I myself have

learned may your God watch over

you like all

Egypt my life depends on

it go

now no

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up

[Music]

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[Music]

that

[Music]

make

way big way there big way

[Music]

[Music]

my

son how fortunate a child to have so

beautiful a

mother have you decided on a name for

your son he shall be called

manasse which in my tongue means causing

to

forget and God has made me forget my

hardship I doubt that you've forgotten

the House Of Your Father

Joseph Jacob would be pleased to learn

his son has become the second most

powerful man in the

world and your beloved brother Benjamin

would be pleased as

well I wonder what sort of a man

Benjamin has

become perhaps he too has a

son but it's not for me to know not

yet God in his own good time will

decide my place now is

here with you

and

manasse

Mana

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[Applause]

ready you should be learning the

[Music]

ciphers season started well the Nile

flooded but the rains didn't last long

enough if it goes on like this there'll

be no crop to speak of this

year come quickly fires are raing out to

control and the field of the

city it's begun

as God promised

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[Music]

look

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the wells are clogging but they'll hold

and for a while at any rate there'll be

water to drink but the grain runs low

two maybe three phases of the moon and

we be forced to eat the animals instead

of feeding them once they are gone

father and without grain for us and the

Animals starvation kills us all

unless well Hera my old friend and Ally

says that the reports of vast stocks of

grain and fodder in Egypt are true it is

all well and good good for the Egyptians

but why should they care what happens to

us they don't but according to her they

do care what happens to our money he's

already sent his Caravan ladened with

silver and loomwork to trade as if an

Egyptian Trader can be

trusted it's not in the hands of private

Traders their Pharaoh has set one man

above all others to supervise all his

Affairs you deal with

him we not people who measure our wealth

in silver we can't carry fields to Egypt

the animals would die before we got

there we'd better move Eastward Asha

don't

interrupt over the

years the tribe has earned some silver

and gold I've kept it because I believe

that one day God would show us a use for

it could there be a better use than

this no I think

not but it's a long track and the roads

are filled with thieves which is why you

must all Go properly armed you'll find

their safety and

numbers all of us and who will tend to

things here there'll be nothing to tend

if you don't go all of

you except for Benjamin but father

enough you're the last link to Rachel

left I will not see you lost as I did

Joseph prepare the animals you leave at

nightfall I'll give you the silver

then thiry raised Joseph above us now

Benjamin and so be it we not tease God a

second time

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ni

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fore speee

Yes master it's just well this man's

dialect I know the tong give him what he

needs go

go are you well Z

asire they're here I'm sure they're here

who my

brothers your brothers the ones in

canite

dress what should I do

Master bring them to

me you you you come all of you

come this way bring them all all of

these

you you you come and

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you lift your

heads look upon your master

they don't even recognize me Almighty

one have

mercy we come from Canan where the

drought destroys

everything we bring silver to

trade so that we and our families might

survive

your master zanath banaa ask why your

Canaanite gods do not provide for your

needs we're not like the other

Canaanites Great Master we worship our

own God but we sojurn in the land of

Canaan the master says you're spies

Master spies no master Our Father sent

us to to buy food

the master says no your spies sent to

see the weakness of Egypt no master we

are nothing more than Shepherd sons of

Jacob the son of

Isaac what man would send all his sons

on such a mission and leave himself

alone but you see uh not all his

sons one

other the youngest

he is called Benjamin remains with our

father a man is fortunate indeed to have

such a wealth of

sons are you sure you speak the truth of

your

number there was one other

Master a brother called Joseph but he

was taken from us Joseph

what enemy would send 10 Brothers as

spies one or two perhaps for

10 take them now take them no

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why us there were hundreds there today

and the Egyptian picked us out to be

spies are fool there must be some way to

prove he's wrong what would you suggest

little brother we probably wouldn't be

here if you paid him more

respect one or two brothers perhaps but

10 what kind of fool would use an excuse

like that stop it stop

it arguing won't get us out of here then

what will not what but who God is this

his final punishment for what we

did now we know how Joseph must have

felt when we threw him down the well no

we have each other you left him

alone we we put in the world all of us

there's no point dwelling on that for 20

years you've have done the same thing

but what's done is done and one thing

has nothing to do with another are you

sure

brother no I found it I think

look what manasse

did yes yes we can't have

that Joseph are you

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ill then what is is

it I saw my brothers today that's

wonderful you always said they come to

you more Good Fortune from the

troubles they came to The Granary the

drought has reached

C how I wish I could have been there to

see their faces when they saw you the

governor of all of

Egypt you would have been

disappointed I've waited all these years

then then they didn't even recognize

me how can that be

possible it's been over 20 years since

they last saw me I was still a boy not

surprising where are they

now in the prison

in the

prison

why because my anger was stronger than

my

compassion and what will you do with

them my father's people are in need of

food I must send them

back why not just reveal yourself to

them because they seem unchanged changed

no different from when they betrayed

me perhaps God will reveal a way to test

them

how I'm not

sure well I want to see these men to

whom I owe my

happiness after all it was their cruelty

that brought you here gave you to me

saved Egypt

and it's to them our children owe their

existence another of your curious

insights but I'm not so sure God is

ready to see this thing forgotten God or

you you must bring them I have to at

least meet little

Benjamin Benjamin was left with my

father I'm sorry

I know he's the one who counted

most but they are all your brothers

blood of your

blood your master

zanpa will allow you to buy the grain

you need to feed your

people these sacks have Provisions for

your journey but the the accusations

against you still stand evidence that

your story is true and you're not spies

will depend upon proof of the existence

of the one missing brother but your

master zephan aspa is a merciful

man thus he will keep only one of you

here he will be released when the rest

of you return from Canan with that

brother you wish us to return to our

father then Journey once again to Egypt

yes with a m

brother that one shall remain with us no

no no now

goe

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leave and return swiftly with the

missing

brother you've probably Seen the Last of

them

Master it will be difficult for them to

keep away the drought has just

begun the silver they gave in payment

did you do what I

asked as ever master

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there's some water here at

least we can't here tonight

isaka

isaka open your bandic brain and feed

the

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animal what's

this the silver I used to buy the

graen what kind of game is God playing

with us now

we can't stay here feed the animals

quickly we'll travel through the night

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let no but the only proof of our story

he'll accept is Benjamin and the only

way to redeem Simeon but after that he

promises we can trade freely in Egypt

the grain is abundant the best quality

is this all the Egyptian

asks just for my

youngest is there more to this sorry

tale what is that

the money with which we purchased the

grain what's it doing

here we don't know father perhaps God be

careful what you lay at the door of the

Lord blessed be his name blessed his

name name now why why did you tell this

man I had another

son first I lose Joseph then

Simeon and you poor soul want me to give

him Benjamin

well hear my words it will not happen I

will

never never risk Benjamin to your care

never but further Simeon rots in an

Egyptian jail like a common criminal and

how do I know Benjamin won't meet that

same fate or this Egyptian might put you

all to the sword but father perhaps if I

went quiet you have no say in this

father I cannot leave Simeon

there

please let me do as the Egyptian

suggests if we don't return I offer you

the lives of my own two sons typical

idea of yours Reuben if I lose Benjamin

I Can Begin Exterminating my entire

family is that your grand solution now

hear

me this is my last Son by Rachel I will

not risk losing

him now go about your business and

pray pray pray that the grain you

brought back will Outlast the

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drought nowhere to go father we don't

have many choices

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left you know my mind in this matter we

will not talk of it again

another month and we will not talk of

anything soon we will all die and the

line started by Abraham will have

vanished and what would you have me

do listen for

once think about what God promised you

then listen to your sons and see if what

they have to say does make sense

unless you want to see us all die

because you're too frightened to trust

God what is this to do with trusting

God isn't it

obvious he's left you only one way out

one road to our survival and it leads

through Egypt Egypt is our only

salvation Jacob

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these are the finest gifts we can

offer present them to the Egyptian

along with

this silver enough for double

payment for the grain you will buy and

the grain you brought

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back have an easy mind

father all will be well I know

it make I go with you at your right hand

and bring you back safely to me

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why have we been brought here to the the

great man's house because of the silver

we found in our sacks I'm sure of it but

we don't know how it got there all we

need to do is be truthful

silver what

silver I know I received payment for

your grain and we had money in our grain

nonetheless here we offer double

repayment you always is nothing whatever

you found must be a gift from that God

of

yours Master our other brother Simeon

he's in health alive you

mean welcome to

EGP you're

right the answer to every question is

yes I don't really understand it but

from the time you went away I sat back

eating and drinking like the Pharaoh

himself come you must be washed before

you D with the master

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you will sit

here aside from the

master this is a great honor

Egyptians never eat with

strangers to them it is considered an

Abomination now you will sit in the

order I tell you

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please Benjamin you will sit here so

that's

Benjamin a handsome young man If Ever I

saw

one and I hope a pure spirit

enough

delay

debul

zanpa he who guides us on the road of

Life lift up your heads

your master asks is your father in good

health Yes master and he sends you these

gifts as homage

so this is the brother of whom you

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spoke what is your

name I am Benjamin

Master how is it master that you come to

speak our tongue have you been to our

land

God be gracious to you my

son was I wrong to ask the master how he

came to speak our

tongue the master has traveled

widely he understands a great

deal

look we're sitting according to the

order of our birth

Reuben and

Simeon

Levy Judah Dan naftal Gad and Dasha

isaka culon finally

me I divined the order of your birth by

looking into my magic cup

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is great

honor master has given you the food from

his own

plate thank you

master we eat the same dish at home in

fact this is the favorite food of my

father

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I could have done with a little more

sleep I don't understand he was so

friendly last night yet this morning he

has us rise from our beds before the

crows and sends us on our way look

our asses are already loaded down with

grain

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why did you return good with

evil what can you possibly mean you deny

stealing from my master what kind of

fools would you take us for

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this if you find anything you can kill

the culprit and make slaves of the rest

of

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us you D you like fool have you taken

leave of your

senses why did you do such a wied thing

Master we have done nothing then how do

you explain

it God is punishing us for a crime we

committed many years ago it seems he

wants us all to taste the bitterness of

slavery for surely we are all your

slaves

now I am not of indictive

man you can return to your father I

shall keep only

Benjamin no you dare raise your voice to

me men can die for

this a thousand pardons Master but the

very idea is

Unthinkable master I cannot pretend to

grasp the meaning of these strange

happenings Benjamin has never stolen in

his life never never master and he's too

clever to take a cherished and unique

object from a man as powerful as you nor

do I know how the money got into our sax

on our previous trip perhaps it was all

the work of

God Master please spur the life of

Benjamin beloved Son of our father's old

age losing Benjamin would kill our old

father whom we have already wounded

deeply take me as a slave in place of

Benjamin and allow the boy to go home to

his father no Benjamin will stay with

me

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no I'm sorry Master but we must take the

boy back to our father or die in the

attempt you would rather die a thousand

times and see such pain in our father's

eyes again live another 20 years of

wretched cowardice

no

master so you are now ready to sacrifice

your lives for one of your brothers

yes why then did you not do the same for

the other one the you said died when in

truth you yourselves sold him into

slavery you know about

Joseph

how because he's alive

alive he's here

Palace in fact he's in this

room leave us

I said leave us get

out D come

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I am Joseph

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Joseph it

is my brother

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Joseph

yes it is

I not be at peace

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come

closer don't be afraid I will not harm

you am I to take the place of God CH

me it is not for me to punish

you you meant evil against me

yes but God meant it for

good to bring it about that many people

should be kept alive as they are

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today I fear

not I shall provide for you and for your

families and especially for our

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father I am most BL

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I deserve to be

slaved

killed

now my

brother I shall not kill

you that is not the lesson the Lord

blessed be his name is put before us

blessed

perhaps we have learned the meaning of

Brotherhood of

family and that wherever we may go no

matter how God's plan separates us we

must always be true to one

another to be

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family you must return for our father

tell him of what I have achieved and

move him here with all your

belongings I want you near me in the

land of Goan so I may provide for you

during the remaining years of the famine

I have spoken to the Pharaoh all is

prepared come to

me come to

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me I'm your

brother I am Joseph

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blessed be his

name blessed blessed be his name

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oh

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h

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father

father truly this is my

Joseph my son my

son I did not think to ever see your

face

again and these I see to be my

grandchildren Rachel's light shines in

her eyes come come my

children come that I might bless

you

come I am indeed blessed that I have

again held you in my arms and laid eyes

upon your son

now truly I can die in

peace there will be no talk of death my

father then God will

it and then you will take me back to

Canaan the land God promised

Abraham and it will be as the Lord

promised our descendants shall be known

as

Israel and will be a multitude of

Nations

each brother unto

himself a tribe of Israel

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oh

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oh

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