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Show a # # # , . " . , _ , 'M M ' 'l l ' The e GRAPHIC BIBLE BIBLEBy 1 ! By LEWIS BROWNE BROWNS BROWNEI 1I , SyadicataWNU ! . WNU Servicet ServiceRlr Service t I I (5) 5 Q ( ) McC1urt McClure ' Newpaper Newspaper Sndcate Syadicata ) Rlr 7 SEA , I II I II _ r ' Shnche- Shnche ShncheC - Ii I , i C r ri 1 1I I 1I I i - , La LaeN eN . , a aG aSAND G SAND SANDirN oP irN irNA A / ' f A fln'nnr flnnnr fln'nnri fln'nnrI ' i I foie p asp lr . Wa.S WaS . S'O SO ' dJ as ast 1 t a . slave zit Efypf Efypfalmost almost : . . , 1On Ontleth , ( tleth On Shen , cl3oo hcl3oo miles fram3iiS hotrte . h y Z E EA A _ _ _ i H JWandermgs [ Wanderings of Isaac andJacob and JacobrHD Jacob JacobHebrews . ' - HD Hebrews remlnod rem\lned rem lned remained ' \ In Cnaan Canaan Ci C\ C Ca ' \ f fJacob - rHD | uaan naan . , 11\ 11 living 11Ing thing \ Ing off oJ 01I ! ' their flocl.s flocls flocks flocl.sand flocksand flocks1 flocksi . and herds berds like 1ll.e 1lle . tlio the rest of theI thepastoral the \ i r rpastoml pastoral pastoml tribes In the land ButI Buty But I * ; y refused to merge with these theset theseer thesetier these\er these er \ t tier er tribes despite tint th\t th t that ' \ they the tbe ; were werelike \ werepike ere I I11lke 11lke like them When Wilen their chief chiefII'S chief"p's chiefps I .po's .pos pos II'S IIS " . ' son , , Isaac Isaacvis Isaacs , \ \vis vis was \ \s s ' \ re'ld reld rcidi ready ' to take tah.e tahe takewite . wite vlfe lfe , his father sent . all 3.ll 3ll the wayPadan way wayPadan Padanramnbout Padan \ram-nbout ram nbout tram-about tram about \ Yram - about 450 miles I T ' Tt t I'o Io ' o o get a Hebrew maiden foi fOl for himQ himyears him 111m himfl Q fl yeirs ye1rs years later , Isiic IS11C Isaac was In turn turnl.eedlnglY turn'eedingly turn'eedlngly turneedlngly 'eedingly eedingly ' . anxious that Ills his own ownI ownJacob own'l ownl I ' l.eedlnglY leedlnglY , Jacob , sliould should also seek seeh seekwife 1 1wife wife In Padan Padanram Padan.r3.m \ram ram -\.r3.m r3.m .r3.m r3m \ - . tram . Interrnar2ge Intermarage Intermar Interrnar Intermarge 2ge age ge \ with wltb Hb the Cinaanites C1naanites Canaanites " was "as as wasnted nted inted altogether a crimeraham crime crimeJCbraham JCbraham raham died full of years , , and andwe c succeeded him as ns chieftain ofHebrews of 1 ( Hebrews Bebre\\ Bebre Bebres \ s In Canaan . . . He and'foliossers and andfollowers 'loUo\\ers 'loUo loUo ers 'foliossers foliossers " ' followers \ dwelt d\\eIt d eIt \ In whit wh'lt whlt what ' w\s w s was wsI wsed wased vnsBled ' \ I ed the South Country , , a sandv sands sandvon sandvpon ' on on the edge of the desert desertnps desertbaps desertthaps baps nps they were unable to pene- pene penee penes pene-fe pene fe - - e s farther north nortb , where the soilmuch soilrmuch soil soilrjnuch , rjnuch rmuch much more fel feitlle fettlle UIe , because the thenanHes thef theffiaanltcs f nanHes nanites there were better able ablecep ablecep ableiflLcep cep ne\\ ne newcomers necomers \ comers out Even Esen \ en In InSouth inSouth IniHSouth South Country , which "lllCb lllCb w " inch \ wis was 1S aof aof a ai i of No 'Ian Ian lian ' Mans s Land the Hes lies He lie HeEPS EPS s ha had their tbelr fierce bottles b'1tt1es b1tt1es battles ' toL toL tonests to toI tofenesis I L fenesis enesls nests 2G 26 19 1 20 O reports whath:1 whatAbase what _ r h:1\ h:1 h1 ha\e ha e h:1e : \ e been a . : common ommon Incl incident incidenttheir Incidentftheir ent entjthelr jthelr their Abase dally lifend life Ilfe * ' 'end end ' ' \nd nd < \ nd IO1Jc's IO1Jcs Isaac's Isaacs Isaac'sants Iciac's"Wants IciacsWants : ' ' " " , ants digged dlgged In the \ valley Salley aIle , } 1nd and andt andnd ' ind.and indand t . Jnd nd there a well wellof of .opl opl spi . : piinglngwitor piinglngwitorStI mln ingingwater ; : ; W'1ter W1ter ' ; ) 11 )1 1 ) StI the herd herdsmen herilcmen men of Gerar Cerar ( Scrar did didhe didwe didl\e didl e he we \ \ with \ ith IS'1ac IS1ac Isanes ' acs S heidsincn heii1smen helll men S1\ S1 S1I sny si sia \ : > I .t.The t.The tThe .t.Theater . , a > , ( , . . The 'The ' \ water \\ater ater Is ours ' " ThE'rp ThErp Tliere TliereTht There"Wt ThereWt ' I sucht "Ttt Ttt " ; " : Tht h'l\ h'l hl has hive h'le ' \ e a been much of such suchhing suchliving t k'hlng khlng suchk'hlng ' hing ' ' until fimllv fin'1lh fin1lh fnalIs ' Isaac m nude mille nudeBes ule ulet uleties " ' t ties with certain cert'1ln cert1ln ' of tlic the nel neighng neigh h hng Bes 'iles iles ng ; sheIUis shelh.hs shelhhs sheikhs . ( The word 'sheikh sheikh 'sheikli sheikli 'sliclkli"ch sliclklich ' hI " I t ! tch tch ch Is pronounced pronoun'ed pronouned ( ' she\ she she'hI shesch-Is shesch Is sheschIsArnbic shovch \ 'h-I 'h h I ( ' - Is Isif ' ) if . ifArabic Arabic Arnbic for chieftain It doe does doest doeseven doesfl , > ; t ' even remotely connote theh thesome the I h Isoroe some impetuous lo\cr lo cr 10er loser 10\ 10 \ er In der dergarb dc e < ? 3 , gal gaub garb b wlio who Is so populir popul1r popular a figfin fig fin In n our cinemas cmemas ) ' ; ercafter ereafter Isaic Isa'lc Isalc Isaac ' d\\ d dwelt delt \ elt In peacen pcicp pe1cP peace . n i oisis 01S15 oasis named Beer Sheban Shebi Sheb\ Sheb Sheba ' \ an and anduntil anjji ] until - until otl1 heHS he \ was \H\S H S \ ne neir 1r death did he hea heagain hets ' , a again 1ln He went went then to He Hei 1 ( ' .which which sshlch . \ hIch had hall been the centr'llof centril centr'll centrll central ' l , ) of the Hebrews IIebre\\s IIebre s Iiebrews \ during urln urlnbra . Abra \bra bra .bra \ bras .bras 's s ' s time Tiere TJlere Tliere ) in the C\\ C Cave Ce Case ' \ \ e of ofpelah ofpelah of1 ipelah pelah Abriham Abr'1ham Abr1ham Abraham ' and his wife wife.ti wifeti . , . h Ii , . lav lay burled And wlien when Isaacx Isaache { Isaac < ; anc : , x " he too \ was as buried burled therecob therecob there therecob cob alt although ouh ; : HP was W1S the theoungon y ; oun oung oungon on of Isaac Is'1'lc Is1lc ' became the chief chiefof chiefof clilefof of the Hebrews IIelJre\\ IIelJre IIelJres IIebre\\s IIebre s \ \ s \ when hen bis bls his fa faIdled fadied , Idled died [ III His ' > elder brother , , J . , Lsau Lsaua < ; au aun n a \ wild lId fellow feHow \ who 110 took n'lth nlth natise natiseen nativeen ' e een en for his wives "les wises "l\ "l l " \ es and bec'1me bec1me became bec'1meather becamei becameatlier becamefather ' i ather atlier of a race of m'1rauder m1rauder marauders maraudersi'In maraudersiIn ' , > 'In In ' In the w \ wlldeme I1dernec ildernecs : < ; of 'It It ML ' AItSeirb . , Selr Seir Selrm'1n'1ed Seirmanaged managed m'1n'1ed m1n1ed ' ' ; : to trick trlcl " : Esau rs\u rs u ' \ out oute oute outie e blessln blessing ; " which "hlch hlch belonged beloned ; to torst toQ toFirst Q rst born and then fled northl1ran northIt1e north It1e nran l1ran hrnn his hIe ; mother's mothers ' native nathe natise land landere landere land"ere landere " ere he joined the clan of his hisc7 ( ; Uban Lnh'1n Lnh1n Lahan ' and with his hls labor Jabor tie it two of L'lb\n L'lb Llb n Laban Labans ' ' \ s dauhters daughters dauhterswhes daughterss ; : . , wives whes wises And \ with Ith the aid 111(1 1111 ( of ofacob ofcob ofplacob , acob cob so pro prosp4red prospered < ; p re that soon soond soonIt soontd It d n a clan cl'1n cl1n ' of his own He fie thpn then thpner theneel thenbed er eel ] to ( ' Canaan 'lna'1n lna1n ' ' for that th1t was wasian wasall was'all wasall ian ' all . , his hl'J hlJ ' real homeland homel'lnd homellnd ' On Onfly Onay fly y back b'1ct b1ct ' . he was W'IS WIS ' met bv by Csan Esauhad sa\1 sa 1 sa1had \ 111 111hnd had hnd marched up fiom flom gear etr eir00 1 ' 00 of Ills his follo\\ follo followers folloer \ er < ; ; but hut hot there thereDO theres thereno s DO no hostilities hostlUtlcs for Esau rsau : had hadn hadin n his brotherbled brother ; bled b led Ills his h [ < ; clan ' across 'lcross lcross tlie the Tor- Tor Tord TorL1 Tor-id Tor id - - L1 L1d d settled near ne'Ir neIr ' Shechem Shechern , but butlong butIldi butlong Ildi long an unpleasantness with withtlses \ withitivcs Ith Iththes thes tlses forced Corcel1 him lilin him to seek new newge newge newage ge for Ill's Ills 111'3 1113 his ' ' locks floeI.s floeIs flocks ( . II He e moverI moved moverIstoppln movedstopping movedestopping stoppln stopping at Bethel , which whichI which"holy \ which"holy whichholy hIch hIchJ I J < " "holy holy ' " hOly place to him because becausec becausee becausehe c e had h'ld hld ' had hall lead a n wondrous vis visen visen vislien en on his night OIght flight to Haranis Iiaranj1 II'1r1n II1r1n Iiaran ' ! j1 ! ' 8 s still stili an Important shrine shrinecenturies shrinecenturies shrinecenturies centuries later , ns as \ we sve e 8h\l1 8h l1 shall 8hl1'farther shallI chillfarther ' \ I ? 'farther farther ' on In this book ) f0 . , ethpl ethyl Jacob retc\\ retc renewed retced ) \ ed his cov coy covIth covvvlth ; ti | \\Ith Ith wlth \ \ Jobovah Jeho.ah Jehoah Jehovah . . , and tlenon thenl then tlen } ? l on to Ephratli Dphr'1th Dphr1th Ephrath ' where hee he e \ lils Jlls his helo\ helo beloved heloe helosed \ e " wife "Ire Ire , n'1chelhe Rachels Rachelhe Rachel n'1chel n1chel Rachelhe ' s he got ot 11 1'3 13 as ' ' ' far f'lr flr south as 11- 11 lie- lie 11here lieit He-there He there ( ' - - it here he laid hid c\ c eves ces eses \ es once more morefncl1 moreI moreI'a moreIa I d fncl1 gaged ' . : cd father f'ltller fltller ' , , Isaac JS'l'1C JSl1C ' ' And In in1t Ini 1t ' . , . he staved stayed sta e many years ye"lrs yelrs " rul rulref rulpR rulire ) pR ref refafter re , . after his father fo1lher died I1IC'd I1ICd dlyd ' , . ac acin a ; i iIn In n of the whole Hebrew I1ehrew cIaD clan clanr clanospering clanospcring ' r ocperln ospering ; nil aU all tlie the time Per Perc Perie c e woul would , ) h1\ h1 h1reD'1InerJ Imp hate \ " remained re/D'1InerJ re D'1InerJ D1InerJ remalned / ' In Intill Inotd Intill otd till his death Math had h1d It not1st not notr 1st 1str r his bls bOn son i > on Joseph Toseph To eph . , . . . . r rAdventures " , Adventures of JosephB Josephn JosephjIt Joseph jIt n B had h\d h d ' \ many m'lny mlny ' sons sans but ot of otnil oftli ofn tli ; nil all his most favored was wasng wasiig wasing ng iig one . , Joseph Joseph was washis wasiqr washis iqr his brethren , ( for or lio he was n a nand ar S Sand and an ambitious youth , 8l l 1 8 f 1f 1 ss \ wliilo hile hlle they tllCY were stolid , bard hard hardheadcd head headed headed ed feBo\\ feBo fellows feBos \ s content to be mere herds herdsmen herdsmen herdsmen men And therefore they all aB dlstrusted dls dlstrusted distiusted trusted and envied eD\Ied eD Ied ensied \ Jo Joseph cph Now It Itcame itcame Itcame came to pass p15'3 p153 ' that th'lt thlt ' one day his fa father fatier father ther tier sent the boy to see how his hisbrothel hisbrothers hisbrotheis brothel brothers s went wentfaring \ were erE ; faring , for they had hadgone hadbone hadgone gone bone ofT oJ off ! to the norih norLh north with the trihal tri tribai tribal bai hal fiocl.sThe flocksThe flocks fiocl.s fiocls flocksThe . The Hebrew IIebre\v IIebre v \ herdsmen e\"ldently e "ldently ldently evidently e"ldentlyfound evidentlyfound evidentlyfound \ ' " found It necessary ncce nece ary at times Umes to wan wander wander wandcr der far f'1r f1r fir ' from the tribal encampment encampmentat at Hebion Heblon Hebron in order to find fresh freshpasturage freshpasturage freshpasturage pasturage In this thl3 particular parUcuhr In Instance Instance Instance stance they were reported to have havegone havegone havegone gone to Shechem Shechcm , " which hlch must ha\ ha hac base habeen basebeen havebeen \ c been at least a t two " 0 or three days da s sjourney ' * ' journey away . Joseph followed followedthem followedthem followedthem them thither thlther , , only onl ) to learn , how however however however ever , . that they had h'lrl hlrl bid ' wandered stiB still stiBfarther stillfarther stillfarther farther north So he foIl followed owed after afterthem afterthem afterthem them and found them at Dothan DothanBut DothanBut DothanBut But when "hen hen " bis his brethren saw him himcoming himcoming himcoming coming , , Instead of \ welcoming elcomlng him himthey , , they took him blm prisoner and sold soldhim soldhim soldhim him to a caravan of Ishmaelite IshmaeIlte or orh.hdl'1nlte orMidlanlte orMidlanlte h.hdl'1nlte h.hdl1nlte hhdl1nlte Midlanlte . ' traders going to Fgypt rgypt I'gypt Igypt ' , . By these traders be he was In turnsold turn sold < < olds old ' \ as \s s a sUve sl.1ve sl1ve slave . to an : Egyptian rgyptlan of- of - officl1l official of official - ficial ficl1l named n1med Potlphar Potlph1r Potiphar , and bitter bitterwere bitterwere were \ ere the espr experiences : > nences which Joseph Josephthen Josephthen Josephthen then encountered False raIse nccusa accusa nccusatlOn accusation accusation tlOn tion was "as as " brought against him by byPotlph'1r's byPotiphar's bvPotiphar's bvPotiphars Potlph'1r's Potlph1rs Potiphar's Potiphars Potlph'1r'sife ' ' \ wife \\ife ife . , and Joseph W1S was wasflung W1Sfiung wasflung fiung flung into prison prlcon ; But through the theIntcnentlon thelntersention theIntervention Intcnentlon lntersention of Jehovah JehO\1h JehO 1h \ he won hIs hIsrele'Ise hisrelezse hisrelease rele'Ise releIse relezse ' after a time hme , and then ac actUI1v actually nctuallv tU\I1v tU I1v tually ' \ rose to be viceroy of a11 all allrgypt allEgipt rgypt f ! , } pt He TIe lie forewarned forew\rned forew rned ' \ the kIng- kIng kIngor kingor king kingor - or pharaoh ph1raoh 'l l ' as each e\ch e ch ' \ 1 king lng was c111ed called c111edIn calledin calledIn In Egyp-that Egyp that Egipl g , } p pth'1t { -th'1t th'1t th1t - that ' a famine \ was \ 'IS IS ' com corn comlng cornlag cornIng lng lag ' , and nnd urged him to store tJp up tJpgr'1ln upgrain tipgrain gr'1ln gr1ln grain ' [ in n advance ad\ance ad ance adsance \ And when wlJen en en&ung ensuing ensuing &ung ung suing & [ e\ e events eents esents \ ents proved the value alue or of orJoseph's ofJoseph's ofJoseph's ofJosephs Joseph's Josephs ' counsel heas he \ was \\as as : given gisen : ; hen the thehl thehighest thehighest hl highest hpst honors In the landNow JndNow ' \ land J\nd J nd landNow Now the famine came also to C'l Cl Ca C'lnn1n Canaan Conaan ' nn1n naan and nnd old Jacob hearing he'1rlng he1rlng ' there therewas therewas was \ \ as - gnin g-nin g nin grstn stored up In Egypt Bgypt , sent senthis senthis senthis his sons to buy some there Anl1 And Anl1thus Andthus Andthus thus " were "ere ere the brethren brought broughtf'lce broughtface broughtface f'lce flce face ' to face with Joseph Joceph ; once more moreBut moreBut moreBut But they had h1d long repented of oftheIr oftheir oftheir theIr crime cnme and Joseph Toscph Tosepb took tool " the theS thes'seetest thesweetest S\\ S Seetest s'seetest sseetest \ ' eetest re\ re revenge reenge resenge \ enge by returning good goodfor goodfor goodfor for evilHe c\ c evil cII evilHe \ II He obtained obtamed roval royal permission for forI forall forall I 111 all of them to settle In the fertIle fertIleme'ldows fertilemeadows fertilemeadows me'ldows meldows meadows ' of rg Fgvpt rgypt pt Jacob , still sun the thechieftain thechieftain I Ichlefhm chlefhm chieftain of the Hebrews , did not nothccit'1te nothesitate nothesitate hccit'1te hccit1te hesitate : ' to join in the long h trek trekthrough tiekthiough eh ehI ehthlough I thlough through the desel deseit desert t , , e\ e even een esen \ en though he heW1S hewas hewas W1S was a \ very sery ery old man by now . , . TIe He Hesettled Hesettled etlled settled [ In n i a ' \ re region lOn called c'llled cllled caked ' Goshen Goshenand Goshenand Goshonand and tlicre there hl his descendants descend'1nts descend1nts ' contln contin |