second, a bull on the third, and a human figure on the fourth.
He threw the first, with the lion, into the river, saying at the
same time, "Joseph, Joseph, the hour for the redemption of
Israel hath arrived, the Shekinah lingers here only for thy
sake, the clouds of glory await thy coming. If thou wilt
show thyself, well and good; if not, then we are clear from
our oath." But the coffin did not appear.

Then Moses threw the second plate into the water, that
with the figure of the eagle, repeating the same words, but
again the coffin did not rise from the bed of the Nile, and
there it remained, too, when he threw in the third plate bearing
the figure of the bull, and called upon Joseph a third
time to come forth. But the fourth plate with the human
figure and the fourth invocation to Joseph brought the coffin