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shepherd class ever afterwards. There was therefore no danger of the Egyptians ever intermarrying with the descendants of Jacob. The Israelites grew strong from century to century, developing with great rapidity, preserving their faith and ancestral memories and attachments, and never acquiring the least sympathy with the corrupt faith of the people among whom they lived.
Did the Israelites gain anything by remaining in Egypt? Would it not have been just as well if they had gone back to Palestine after the famine was over, or have developed into a nation there? Not at all. God had a purpose in their remaining in Egypt. They were to be a chosen people. They were to be the teacher of all nations. They were to be a nation which should possess the truth of God for universal distribution. They were to be the people out of whom should come the Messiah for the salvation of the world. Now for this purpose the Israelites were not only to be kept separate from all nations,
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