The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
THE GREAr EG YPrIAS SCANDAL.
The Book OF flasher aad Its Version Of the
story of joseph.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: What
has N. de Lesseps done that he should be
dragged into the Potipbar scandhr Here s tue
report that IL attributed to him:
"Wh II Potiphar's wife accused by her husband OF
sepi, she tempted denial, but merely said That
Jsgghs SeAg Wa s 80 s gse p ,aa' ns an o,S ore TO
prove and having assembled all tue young ladies' OF the
e s'E SYu %f e e door Of me s
nands OF each girl she put an apple and kne anu tYa
prcairIneemcut the door sud- MY opened. aud Joseph
y nal al that moment and every gr sys one instead
Of cutting the anpie cut her hand Tue De NY OF 70
her eyes Oh An nee Lies 60 LAY 'as. muir as. wa
casaJie The al WHO showed her hands uncut, b..
~ ssse 70 expa ssld mat tne i9,sas s.e o 1S
the 81 mai 10 cur the apple had been lven."
Some wicked fellow who has passed through
the Suez Canal must have nut you up to TITS
defamation Of Lessep- by I. stenng tale upon
uin some thirty centuries after 10 was really nut
IN circulation. You VIII Mud the True story
Ia he " Book OF Jdsher,' that remarkable man
second Book of samuel. II was rescued from
destruction ny an officer Of Titus named Sidrus,
WINE Jerusalem was heing sacked. IL wa. iran
scribe and published nv tue Con-iSt1ry OF RAD
BINS At Venice, A. ID. 1913. In eyery respect II Is
most rem ,rkaOle book, aud no one can nut
their proper historic value upon the Old Tesla
mrnt ni-torles until he has consulted = pages
The Potiphar-J osepn affair IL narrated In chap
ter NIiy., li1n To SJth verse Mrs. Potipnars name
was I.lican joseph was eighteen years old,
youth wi h beautiful eyes ana Of comely appear
ancs' ana IKE unto hin was not 10 tne wn1le
bim Is described at great iength--no pastor OF
our times ever went through half such an or
dead. Jasher tells us that " she coveted hts
beauty" she "enticed him day after day, and
Zshcah persuaded Joseph daily, but Joseph did
not lift up his eyes to behold his masters wife,
rnen she beg n to talk to MIN, ana tried to
humbug him by saying, Take now, pray thee,
the harD winch IL in tue house, ana play with
thy hands. aud let US bear thy words But he
was " true blue aud she nad TO change her tao
ties. she began To- admire MS nair. How very
| BehUld the golden comb which Is III the house J
AXE It, pray thee, and curl the balr Of tny
! he az THIS was too much. lie turned anu
| gave her "A bit OF his mind. Cease 3. I'd
Joseph, TO utter these wur Is to me, aud rise
| and attend to thy domestic duties
So things went on, to JOseJn indispensable
disgust until. woman. like. she began To threat n.
"IfinOu wit not do according to my words. will
! chastise thee WI, h the punishment OF death, anu
| rut an ir n yoke upon thee, was the form ~
winch sne put Il; sun me heorew Adoi,ls
| pointneut, Lelcdn felt into grievous sick
| ness.
| Egypt and the ptrIug-bee Of the Lssseus story.
| But Instead Of apples she gave them cttrpns To
pare aud instead Of ne giri only not eating her
II nd. "tney All cut th'ir hhnus WIN the x ilNrs
that hey ndd In their hands. aud all tue citruns
| tnat were ia tnetr ndnus were uiied win blood
1ne desrairine woman. having finally been
| transformed INTO % Demon e. Heil hdth no nav
! ike woman scorncd. , truuicd up the chdrse
OF tel NOUS assault ana mad sem .rown INTO
prison. incre he irnyuisueu tw I've long years.
resisting ner import Initles rs before. all uough
sue offered hin release aud ever, WORLDLY ure
| ftfuent. At lrn-th his tneos lpnicil y wers
were called int rcqui.itiun 10 lntei bret PhA-
| rton's dream. Joseph WIS released. Inc angel
Ot tue Lord reused him from sleep. made MIN
stand upon ms legs, ana "tausnt MIN all the
| languages at man IN that MINT" Chap. Xix,
| v IA. and Joseph being Admitted to the pres
! eucc of Pharaoh, VINO sat upon n throne AT the
top Of seventy ste -. spoke 10 the ktug IN DIFF
| ferent language upon e icn separate step.
las troubles wero now over, anu he received
the reward winch inevitably follows a virtuous
| acuI IN. lie made NicerOv, and some
thing II his subsequent career Is told In the Ca
nonicAI books oil tue DDe.
| HESRY S. OLCoT'r