JOSEPH'S KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY

Jacob and his family now settled in the land of Goshen,
and Joseph provided them with all things needful, not only
with food and drink, but also with clothing, and in his love
and kindness he entertained his father and his brethren
daily at his own table.[330] He banished the wrong done to him
by his brethren from his mind, and he besought his father
to pray to God for them, that He should forgive their great
transgression. Touched by this noble sign of love, Jacob
cried out, "O Joseph, my child, thou hast conquered the
heart of thy father Jacob."[331]

Joseph had other virtues, besides. The title "the God-
fearing one," borne only by him, Abraham, Job, and Obadiah,

 
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