Gen. 31.
nomen defignavit , dicens : Symeon fe- A
cundus natu eft , ipfe quoque fecundo
accumbat loco . Tertio ruiTus palfans :
Levi , inquit, accumbat , & fuo hono-
retur loco . Sicque omnes accurabere
juflit , nomine fmgulos per ordinem vo-
cans . Quamobrem eos in ftuporem ra-
puit , majorique timoré affecit , adeo
ut ipfurn omnia nofle exiftimarent , di-
cerentque inter fefe : Putafne eum ex
fcypho cognovifle , nos antea iibi elfe B
mentitos , dum a fera pelfima Jofeph cli-
ceremus elfe occifum ? maximifque ideo
cogitationum fluftibus agitabantur. Ut ve-
ro hanc eorum fufpicionein tolleret , ex
propria menfa partes ipfis dedit, amplio-
remque fratri fuo Beniamin portionem, 8c
quidem majorem decuplo , quam cæteris
tradidit. Sed cur iftud fecit Jofeph fratri-
bus fuis , 8c ex fcypho edixit fingulorum
nomina ? ut nimirum crimen eorum au- C
geret.
Tunc juflit difpenfatori fuo , ut fru-
mentum in copia daret eis abfque pre-
tio , Sc in marfupio Beniamin clam fcy-
phum deponeret, eofque gandentes quam-
primum a le dimitteret. Qui quum haud
longe a civitate jam hilares difceflif-
fent j illos curfu infequutus difpenfator
ipfius Jofeph, duris verbis coarguere coe-
pit , Sc contumeliofe infetftari, minafque D
intentare , fures ipfos appellans , 8c
collati libi honoris indignos . Cui re-
fpondentes illi dixerunt : Aurum quoque,
quod prius in marfupiis noftris inveni-
mus , iterum domino noftro retulimus :
nunc autem fcyphum domini tui quo-
modo furati eflèmus ? Abfit id a nobis.
Ille vero ad eos : faccos , inquit, veftros
deponitc , ut perfcruter illos . Eeftina-
toque deponentes ex jumentis mar- E
fupia , inventus eft fcyphus in riiarfu-
pio Beniamin . Quod illi cernentes ,
lciderunt veftimenta fua ; coeperuntque
linguli eorum variis minis 8c probris
atque injuriis onerare Rachel limul &
Jofeph cum matre 8c fratre , dicen-
tes : Vos fcandalum exftitiftis patri noftro
, tu , 8c Jofeph , filii Rachel . Jofeph
quippe regnare fuper .nos volebat :
tu vero frater ipfius in ignominia 8c pro- F
bro nos conftituifti. Nonne vos eftis filii
Rachel , quce quum patris fui idola
furata effet , fe ilia furatam negavit ?
Extollenfque vocem l'uam Beniamin cum
fufpiriis ac lacrymis , plene latisfa-
cere fingulis eorum incepit ac dice-
re : Ecce Dcus ipfe patrum noftro-
rum novit , qui alfumfit Rachel, fic-
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ut ipfe voluit j qui mortem pulcherritni
Jolèph minime ignorât j qui lèrvat ac confir-
ma5 Jac°b conlolationibus in feparatione
Joleph , ipfumquc modo confolatur invifi-
biliter , ficut novit j qui videt omnia no-
ftra , quique ferutatur corda 8c renes ;
ipfe feit, quod nequaquam fcyphum hunc
furatus fum , ut dicitis • neque enim tale
quid unquam de eo cogitavi. Ita videatn
fanctam patris Jacob canitiem , ut cum
gaudio ipfius genua ofculer, ut fcyphum
iftum minime fum furatus . Hei mihi ,
hei mihi , o Rachel : quid accidit filiis
tuis ? Jofeph puicherrimus a fera , ut
ajunt , interfe<5lus eft . Ecce rurfus
ego , o mater, fur repente , quum ne-
fciam , effe&us fum , 8c in terra aliéna
fervus detineor . Jofeph in eremo
quum devoraretur a beftia , clamavit,
ut inveniret qui iplum liberaret, 8c non
reperit . Ecce ego rurfus , optima mater
, fratribus meis fatisfacere conor, 8c
non eft qui me audiat , credatque mihi
filio tuo.
Alfumto itaque Beniamin , reverfi
funt in civitatem ad Jofeph , non haben-
tes quod pro eo refpondere poflent. Re-
fpondens autem Jofeph , quafi ira con-
citatus , dixit eis : Ifta ne eft beneficio-
rum meorum compenfatio ? ,ideo ne ho-
noravi vos , ut mihi fcyphum meum , in
quo varicinari foleo , auferretis ? nonne
dixi vobis , non eftis pacifici , fed ex-
ploracores ? Propter timorem Dei hoc
tamen ego vobifeum agam ; Eum , qui
furatus meum eft fcyphum , in fer-
vum mihi vendico.. Vos autem cum fa-
lute hinc abite. Accedenfque unus ex eis
Judas nomine , genu pofito orabat ipfum
dicens : ne, obfecro, irafearis domine, fi
loquar. Ipfe nos interrogaftifervos tuos, dicens
: Habetis ne patrem, aut fratrem ? di- Gen. 44*
ximufque tibi : eft nobis pater fervus
tuus , duos filios habens - , quos funi-
mopere diligebat fuper nos omnes : 8c
alterum quidem ex his fera in montibus
difeerpfit , lugetque ipfum pater fingulis
horis , 8c in dolore ac gemitu huc-
ufque perfeverat , ut fere terra ipla ad
vocem ejus lugere videatur : alterum vero
eorum fecum domi detinet pro fua
confolatione loco prioris filii. At nunc,
ut juflifti , adduximus fratrem , 8c com-
perti fumus fervi tui in gravififima ini-
quitate . Supplico autem , ut ego fervus
tibi fim pro puero ifto ; modo puer
cum fratribus abeat , redeatque ad patrem
: nam ipfum ego a patre meo fufee-
pi, 8c ablque eo ad patrem remeare non
polfum,