--CHAPTER If. 393 8: Q. Did God forgive this sin ? A. Yes, God forgave it so far, as not to punish his posterity for it ; for the kingdom and government in future ages was promised chiefly to his family ; Gen. xlix. 10. 79. Q. What is there remarkable said of Joseph ? A. His brethren sold him for a slave into Egypt; where he became the ruder of the land ; Gen. xxxvii. 27. and xlii. 40. Acts vii. 9, 10. 80. Q. Why (lid they sell him ? A. For envy, because his father loved him, and made him a coat of many colours, and because he dreamed that they should bow down to him ; Gen: xxxvii 3, 4. Sl. Q. What was his first station in the land of Egypt? A. Ilewas a servant in the house of Potiphar a captain of the guard, and by a false accusation of his master's wife, he waseast into prison, though he was entirely innocent.; Gen. xxxix. 9-20. 82. Q. What was the occasion of his advancement? A. He interpreted the dreams of some of his fellow-prisoners, and when the interpretation proved true, then he was sent for to court to interpret the king's dream ; Gen xli. 14, 25-32. 83. Q. And did this raise Joseph to be the ruler of Egypt ? A. Yes ; he was thus advanced, because he foretold the seven years of plenty and seven years of famine which Pharaoh the king dreamed of under two different emblems of good and bad ears of corn, and seven fat kine and seven lean ones ; Gen. xli. 39. 84. Q. How did Joseph carry himself toward his brethren in his advancement ? A. In the famine they came down to buy corn in Egypt, and bowed down to him according to his dreams; but he treated them roughly at first, as a great lord and a stranger; till their consience smote them for their former cruelty to him ; Gen. xlii. 7, 19, 21. 85. Q. Did he revenge himself upon them ? A. No ; but he made himself known to them with much affection and tender. ness ; Gen. xlv. 3 -15. 86. Q. Ilow did he manifest his forgiveness of them ? A. ' He sent for his father, and bid his brethren bring all their fami- lies into Egypt, and he maintained them all during the famine; Gen. xlv. 4 -7. 87. Q. Did Jacob die in Egypt ? A. Yes ; but according to his desire his body was carried up to the land of Canaan, and was buried there in the faith of the promise, that his seed should possess that land ; Gen. xlix. 29. and 1. 13. 88. Q. What became of the familiesof Israel after Joseph's death ? A. They were made slaves in Egypt, and a new king who knew not Joseph sorely oppressed them, and endeavoured to destroy them (Ex. i. 13, 14, 16, 22. 89. Q. Did Joseph, as well as his father, profess any hope of his family and .kindred returning from Egy1ft in following Vol,. v. . C e
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