Jacob and Joseph

"And Jacob," so the sacred record informs, "dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen. Here, too, the Lord prospered him. "They had possessions therein, and grew and multiplied exceedingly." This growth was of significance. It was the beginning of the fulfilment of the promise of a prodigious posterity and the sign that in this strange land Jacob walked in the light of Jehovah's countenance, that the mercy and goodness of the Lord had followed him to Egypt and that also here he dwelt...