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[17]
And thus did Jacob make a judgment of this vision, and that a shrewd
one also. But these interpretations caused very great grief to Joseph's
brethren; and they were affected to him hereupon as if he were a certain
stranger, that was to those good things which were signified by the dreams
and not as one that was a brother, with whom it was probable they should
be joint-partakers; and as they had been partners in the same parentage,
so should they be of the same happiness. They also resolved to kill the
lad; and having fully ratified that intention of theirs, as soon as their
collection of the fruits was over, they went to Shechem, which is a country
good for feeding of cattle, and for pasturage; there they fed their flocks,
without acquainting their father with their removal thither; whereupon
he had melancholy suspicions about them, as being ignorant of his sons'
condition, and receiving no messenger from the flocks that could inform
him of the true state they were in; so, because he was in great fear about
them, he sent Joseph to the flocks, to learn the circumstances his brethren
were in, and to bring him word how they did.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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