JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN
Heru. Thou—come apart with me, and let us reason.
Simeon. Alas! my lord will get the advantage. In my lord's hands I am but an innocent babe.
Heru. The gods shield me from many such!
Joseph's Voice [From the pit in a sort of chant]
The Lord my God; the Almighty God,
He shall lift me out of the mire.
Judah [Starting] What is that?
Dan. It is Joseph! He is alive!
Issachar. If the strangers hear him—!
Joseph's Voice—
They digged a pit for me and cast me in,
But I shall arise and confound them,
For my God is the only God,
The gods of the strangers are stocks and stones:
But my God is Almighty!
Zuleika's Voice [Angrily] Who mocketh at my gods? Who singeth of a God that is greater than mine?
Ani [Who has come to the dried well and he is peering into it] There is one in the well—
Zuleika's Voice. Have him forth!
Ani. He standeth among serpents—
Zuleika's Voice. [As if fascinated] He standeth among the serpents?—Have him brought forth quickly!
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