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plentiful land of Goshen. He also gave special directions to Joseph as to placing the family in the “best of the land,” and appointing proper members of the household as rulers over the King’s cattle.
We now come to the culmination of this eventful history—Joseph leads his father into Pharaoh’s presence. There certainly never was so singular an audience between a great King and an humble old man. No sooner was Jacob before Pharaoh than he pronounced a blessing upon him. Pharaoh was struck with Jacob’s great age, and his question was, “How old art thou?” Every word which Jacob spoke was, like all the rest of his actions, plain, simple, humble. He said that his life was a pilgrimage; that it had lasted already one hundred and thirty years; that his days had been few and evil; and that he had but lived as long as his fathers. He then blessed Pharaoh again, and his affectionate son Joseph led him out of the King’s audience-hall.