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JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN
Jacob. Go, I pray thee. Follow thy brothers. See whether it be well with them and with the flocks, and bring me word again.
Rachel [Anxiously] My lord, I am afraid for my son; for the faces of his brothers are not towards him.
Jacob. Reuben is with them; no harm will come to the lad. Let him go.
Rachel [Embracing Joseph] Cling to Reuben. God be with thee, Joseph.
[Joseph takes his shepherd's crook, which was leaning against a tree, and exit. Rachel stands looking after him]
The Scene Changes.
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