Joseph the Hebrew, son of Jacob.—In the thirty-second year after the children of Israel went down into Egypt, the Pharaoh the friend of Joseph died. Joseph was then seventy-one years of age. Before his death, Pharaoh commanded his son who succeeded him to obey Joseph in all things, and the same instructions he left in writing. Thus, while this Pharaoh reigned over Egypt the country was governed by Joseph’s advice and counsel. Joseph lived in Egypt ninety-three years, as a prince of the country eighty years of that time. Chephren the brother was no other than Benjamin, who was Joseph’s brother. Joseph’s age when he died was one hundred and ten years; and his body was embalmed and afterwards laid in the ground near the banks of the river Nile, in the subterranean island near the Great Pyramid. During Joseph’s lifetime the temples were closed, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was worshipped. Footnote 103: The Mokattam Hill. Footnote 104: The memorable famine recorded in the Holy Bible, and its dire consequences. Footnote 105: Corrupted from Psothom Phaneeh (the revealer of secrets), the name given to Joseph the son of Israel the Hebrew, by Pharaoh the King of Egypt. He was a shepherd by profession, as all his ancestors were. It was, therefore, Joseph who built all the Pyramids to store corn in, against the famine that he declared would take place in Egypt.—J. V. G. Footnote 106: Exodus, xv. Footnote 107: Exodus, xxiii. 15, 16. Footnote 108: Abbé Barthelemi, _Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece_, ch. 76, pp. 309, &c. Footnote 109: Cecrops left Egypt the same year that Moses fled from the Court of Pharaoh.—J. V. G. Footnote 110: See Deut. xvi. 1-3. Transcriber's Note Some presumed printer’s errors have been corrected, including normalizing punctuation. Further corrections are listed below. Printed Text Corrected Text p. 19 ibes ibises p. 38 throughly thoroughly p. 156 Ida Idea p. 168 cuuntrymen countrymen p. 168 Mauritana Mauritania p. 279 intepretation interpretation p. 284 should he should be p. 281 to do do to do p. 302 pronouned pronounced Footnote 32 Pharoah Pharaoh Footnote 74 Egyptolologists Egyptologists Footnote 76 Meare Meares End of Project Gutenberg's The Storehouses of the King, by Jane van Gelder