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Let us now look beyond the dramatic incident of Pharaoh’s reception of Jacob and his family, and his giving them a home in his country, and seek the cause which led to it, and the great and permanent result. Joseph had been a pure and noble man. No one ever passed successfully through more severe tests. He had been in prison, though unjustly, but was patient, devout, trustful. His good conduct opened the prison doors, brought him into Pharaoh’s presence, and made him Governor over all the land. Had he been corrupt or once yielded to improper influences, he would never have been elevated to an important position.
Besides, whenever a man acts nobly he helps his whole family. Almost every day we read of some one, often a son, bringing shame and disgrace not only upon himself, but upon his family. We never stand alone. We never go down or go up without taking our friends with us. Joseph could not be elevated without taking all the rest of the family up the stepway with him. So when