Here am I, although he knew it was perilous for him to go.
Here it is written, Thou shalt not kill, and he refrained from
murdering Potiphar when Potiphar's wife urged him to do
it. Here it is written, Thou shalt not commit adultery, and
he scorned the adulterous proposals of Potiphar's wife.
Here it is written, Thou shalt not steal, and he stole nothing
from Pharaoh, but gathered up all the money and brought
it unto Pharaoh's house. Here it is written, Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neighbor, and he told his
father nothing of what his brethren had done to him, though
what he might have told was the truth. Here it is written,
Thou shalt not covet, and he did not covet Potiphar's
wife."[442]

On their arrival in the Holy Land, the Israelites buried

 
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