_Jacob_ said _unto them_, Nay, your minds have made a thing seem pleasant unto you, _and ye have done it_;[225] but patience is seemly, and God’s assistance is implored with respect to that which ye relate. And travellers came _on their way from Midian (Medyen) to Egypt, and alighted near the well_;[226] and they sent their drawer of water,[227] and he let down his bucket _into the well: so Joseph caught hold upon it, and the man drew him forth; and when he saw him_, he said, O good news! This is a young man!—_And his brethren thereupon knew his case; wherefore they came unto him_, and they[228] concealed his case, _making him_ as a piece of merchandise; _for they said, He is our slave who hath absconded. And Joseph was silent, fearing lest they should slay him._ And God knew that which they did. And they sold him for a mean price, [for] some dirhems counted down, _twenty, or two-and-twenty_; and they were indifferent to him. _The travellers then brought him to Egypt, and he who had bought him sold him for twenty deenárs and a pair of shoes and two garments._ And the Egyptian who bought him, _namely, Ḳiṭfeer_,[229] said unto his wife _Zeleekha_, Treat him hospitably; peradventure he may be advantageous to us, or we may adopt him as a son. _For he was childless._ And thus We prepared an establishment for Joseph in the land _of Egypt_, to teach him the interpretation of events, _or dreams_; for God is well able to effect His purpose; but the greater number of men, _namely, the unbelievers_, know not _this_. And when he had attained his age of strength (_thirty years, or three-and-thirty_), We bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge _in matters of religion, before he was sent as a prophet_; for thus do We recompense the well-doers. (xii. 4-22.—_Then follows an account of his temptation by his mistress, Zeleekha._)