descendants
of Abraham.

Abashed they stood there, and in their rage they desired
to slay Joseph as the author of their shame and their suffering.
But an angel appeared and flung them to the four
corners of the house. Judah raised so loud an outcry that
the walls of the city of Egypt tumbled down, the women
brought forth untimely births, Joseph and Pharaoh both
rolled down off their thrones, and Joseph's three hundred
heroes lost their teeth, and their heads remained forever
immobile, facing backward, as they had turned them to discover
the cause of the tumult. Yet the brethren did not venture
to approach close to Joseph, they were too greatly
ashamed of their behavior toward their brother.[281] He