JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN
Joseph. How doth he use that freedom?
Enenkhet. Seeking his brother.
Joseph. [Smiling] Joseph?
Enenkhet. [With a twinkle] I think that is the name, my lord.
Joseph. Bid him attend me.
Tehuti. Revealer of Secrets, O Prince of Life, live forever!
Joseph. What is it ye seek?
Tehuti. Behold, there is no bread in all the land; for the famine is very sore, so that the land of Egypt fainteth by reason of the famine.
Joseph. I warned you of this: it is according to Pharaoh's dream.
Sebni. But thou, lord, hast gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt for the corn which we bought.
Joseph. [Gravely] I have brought the money into the Pharaoh's house.
Dedefre. And when money failed, and we said, Give us bread, for why should we die in thy presence
Joseph. [Blandly] Then said I, Give your cattle; and I gave you bread in return for your cattle.
Atha. And now we come again entreating thy help.
Dedefre. We will not hide from my lord that our money is spent
Atha. My lord hath also our herds of cattle.
Tehuti. [Bitterly] There is not aught left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.
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