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quod orationes tuæ pro
findUim afcenderint : ac propterea ex la-
cu mortis creptus film . Quare & nunc
denuo Altilfimum exora , nt ab hac fera
libérer , quæ filium tiium conatur per-
dere , cuique nec verecundia eft in ocu-
lis , neque rurfus timor Dei in corde.
Ora , pater , ut non , ficut linu tuo de-
ftitutus fum corpore ; ita etiam ab ani-
mo alienus reddar. Ad fratres meos abie-
ram , & ipli tamquam feræ & lupi fæ- ß
viflimi effeai I me abs te, optime pater
, avulferunt , & in Ægyptum in ma-
nibus alienorum dcdu&us fum : &. ecce ite-
rum alia mihi fera occurrit. Fratres quittent
in crerno occidere me volebant : at
hæc in cubiculo difcerpere me nititur .
Deprecarc pater , ne coram Deo meo ,
& patribus moriar.
Quum autem verbis dominas fuæ Jo-
feph obtemperare noluilfet quæ illi fin- q
gulis horis quafî afpis abfque ulla verecundia
imminebat ^ obfervavit ilia tem-
pus idoneum, quo eum in thalamo inve-
nirct, ac fie peccatum expleret. Ubi au-
tem ilium in fuo deprehendit cubili , ficut
defiderabat , impudenter accedens ad
ilium caftum , ipfum ad fe attrahere co-
nabatur , & nefarium cum eo feelus per-
petrare. At ille nimiam > illam mulieris cers.
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domum in bivium exfiliit: : Et ficut aqui-
la quum aucupes adfpexerit, expanfis alis
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coeli fublimitatem petit j ita etiam Joleph
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ex cubiculi oftio erupit , ne omnino vel
diftis vel fa«ftis lethiferum aliquod vulnus
acciperet : proprioqne pallio in manibus
illius relicto , Diaboli laqueos effugit .
Cernens autem mulicr ilium lie effugilfe ,
magno dolore affedla eft, ac jam de ple-
<5tendo jufto cogirabat , per verba turpifi-
fima acculare ilium volens apud maritum
fuum , ut eo audito vir ejus zeiotypice
furore accenfus , occideret Iofcph . Sic
enim leciun reputans diccbat : multo
mihi melius fuerit , : Jofeph mori ,
ut vel lie requiem confequar : non e-
nim fero tantam in domo mea pulchri-
tudinem per momenta intueri , quum
frui atque expleri eximia illa juvenis
venuftate atque feientia clam vel pa-
lam nequeam . Quare vocatis ad fe
fervis & ancillis fuis , dixit eis.: Sci-
tis quid in me admiferit pucr ifte He-
brams , quem conftituit vir meus fuper
univerfam domum fuam ,<? Voluit quip-
pe omni abjefto pudore mecum congrc-
di : neque fuffecit illi. au&oritas atque
poteftas totius domus mea; : quin & a
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A viro meo feparare me conatus eft. Arre-
ptamque Jofeph tunicam, ollendit viro fuo,
expoftulans ac dicens. Ecce ipfe adduxifti
puerum iftum Hebræum , ut contumeliam cm. s?
inferret, illuderetque mihi uxori tuæ. An
ignoras , mi domine , quod ego pudica
fim j atque ideo iftud indicavi tibi ?
Quibus auditis , vir ejus fubito
credidit verbis uxoris , rem ita fe habere
aiferentis : protinufque juffit vin-
B &um Jofeph detrudi in carcerem : ne-
que crimen objedum débita diligentia
inquirens , illico injuftam in eum fen-
tentiam pronunciavit , diceus : Jofeph
in domum carceris mitti jubeo , nul-
laque penitus requie frui . Ceterum
Deus Abraham , & Ifaac , & Jacob ,
qui omnium corda ferutatur, cum ipfo
erat , præftititque illi mifericordiam in
oculis præfcdi carceris , ut liber a vin-
C culis in carccre degere , ac requie frui
poifet : numquam enim Deus recedit ab
eis , qui ilium in toto corde timent.
Poil hæc peccaverunt régi Pha- Cm. 40
raoni duo eunuchi , præpofitus pin-
cernarum , & præpofitus piftorum : juf-
fitque eos Rex in carcerem conjiqi .
Porro Jofeph miniftrabat ipfis . Quum
autem ambo per duos annos ibi con-
clufi detinerentur , poft aliquot dies
D confpexerunt fomnia , quid eis primo
quoque tempore obventurum effet
præfignificantia. Jofeph vero fandus fer-
viebat. eis , eoque magis quod opti-
mates ac honorabiles effent . Quum-
que pro (blito ad eos vifendos in-
greffus effet, reperit eos magno dolore
affedos : erant enim ambo trilles atque
remilïi propter fomnia . Ubi vero
caufam moeftitiæ atque afflidionis
£ ipforum fcifcitatus eft , ambo dixerunt:
fomnia vidimus , & ideo in moerore
conftituti fumus , quia non eft , qui ea
interpretari nobis poflit . Ad qüos ipfe
ait : Iftud i quidem lölius Dei eft indicate
timentibus ipfum . At dicite mihi
fi>mnia veftra , ut ea vobis per me
Deus meus exponat. His auditis , pincer-
narum & piftorum præpofiti dixerunt fomnia
fua , ficut viderant ambo. Jofeph
I* porro paucis verbis expofuit illis accuratif-
fime omnia, quæ a Rege eventura eis.erant,
quemadmodum & revera acciderunt. Si-
quidem pincernarum præfedum priftino
fuo honori officioque reftituit ; piftorum
autem magiftrum morti tradidit.
Quum autem pinccrnæ obventurum ipli
honorem prædiceret, rogabat eum dicens :
Recordare mei coram Pharaone , eique Cm..40
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