saying, "This day shall it be made known unto you whence
cometh the state wherein you see me."

She commanded her maid-servants to prepare food for all
the women, and she spread a banquet before them in her
house. She placed knives upon the table to peel the oranges,
and then ordered Joseph to appear, arrayed in costly garments,
and wait upon her guests. When Joseph came in,
the women could not take their eyes off him, and they all cut
their hands with the knives, and the oranges in their hands
were covered with blood, but they, not knowing what they
were doing, continued to look upon the beauty of Joseph
without turning their eyes away from him.

Then Zuleika said unto them: "What have ye done?