Wanderings in Bible lands- notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine (1894) (14804333153)

Identifier: wanderingsinbibl00mill (find matches)
Title: Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Miller, D(aniel) L(ong), 1841- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mount Morris, Ill., The Brethren's publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Although he was a stranger and asojourner in a strange land, yet he was welcomed as afriend. The king invited him to occupy the best of thecountry, even the Land of Goshen. It was a goodly land,rich in pasturage and all agricultural products. By propercare and irrigation the industrious farmer might reap threeabundant harvests each year. The waters of the Nile werecarried by a system of canals to all parts of the country.All the conditions existed here to make a people prosper-ous and happy. And here, in connection with the coming of Jacob andhis sons into Egypt, we give the annexed engraving of thearrival of a Semitic family in that country. It is copiedfrom one of the tombs at Beni Hassan. They are shep-herds and the leader of the party is presenting a Syriangoat to the governor of the district, to whom he is beingintroduced by a scribe who also makes a record of thepresents brought to the monarch. That this family is from Palestine is generally admitted. The faces are Jewish or361
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WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 363 Semitic. The men are represented as wearing beards, anda single glance at the engraving will show the marked dif-ference between them and the Egyptians. It is an inter-esting illustration and proves that it was the custom of thepeople of Palestine to go down into Egypt just as Abrahamdid, and as Jacob did after him. But we go back again to the Israelites. It was in thefruitful Land of Goshen that the sons of Jacob settled.Here they soon forgot the country from which they cameout. They prospered, grew rich, multiplied and, as theyears passed, became a mighty people. It was a growingnation in the midst of Egypt that first aroused the suspi-cions of and alarmed the Pharaoh that knew not Joseph.From his standpoint he no doubt concluded that he wasacting wisely when he determined to oppress the Israelites.As we look at his course it does not betoken wisdom orstatesmanship. A wise ruler delights in having his peoplecontented and happy. He made their lives grie