Arizona republican., 1899-12-14
RING PHAR0AH GAVE JOSEPH
One of the Most Fascinating Chap
tiers of Bible History Confirmed.

Joseph has been discovered.
1t has been thoroughly studied by
Psychologists and archaeologists, and
there is no doubt about it's authentic
ity.
1t bears the inscription, "Zaphnath-
paaneah," which is the name Pharaoh
gave to Joseph, according to the book
of Genesis. 1t proves that the Pharaoh
who was the patron of Joseph was Tho
Times III. From a religious and arch
geological standpoint it is equally in
teresting.
This precious gem was originally
pillaged by some thievish workmen
from tomb near Memphis. in Egypt.
1t found its way into the hands of the
earl of Ashburnham, and only recently
its full Importance was established
This discovery brings scientific and
Independent confirmation to one of the
most fascinating and familiar stories
of the Bible, and it serves to call be-
fore our eyes more wildly than ever all
the details of that great story.
Everyone who has read the Bible
knows the story of Joseph, which is
told in chapters XXXvii-l of Genesis 1t
is really a great historical romance,
full of profound morality, in which
wise Hebrew lad becomes the actual
ruler of the wide and rich realm of
Egypt. All children must have been
indignant at the treachery of Joseph's
brothers and the imposition which they
practiced on his aged father when they
brought him the coat of many colors,"
which they had dipped in the blood of q
goat, telling him that his son was
dead. when in fact they had sold him
to the merchants going to Egypt.
Joseph's brothers hated him because
of his remarkable dreams. They did
not love him any too well after his
father gave him the coat of many COL
ors a special mark of paternal affec-
ton, but when he added insult to in
jury by telling them how he had
dreamed that the sun, moon and even
stars came to- bow down before
him, which could mean nothing but
that his father. mother and brothers
We're to be under his rule, they were
jealous of him. When he told them his
other dream of binding sheaves in the
field, and that all of their sheaves
bowed to his, this only made matters
worse, and they decided to be rid of
him and make sure that he should
never lord it over them. They took the
first opportunity, and sold him as a
slave into Egypt. telling his grieving
father that some wild beast must have
devoured him.
Arrived in Egypt, he was purchased
for the service of Potiphar, one of
Pharoah's officers, and was devoted to
his master. When Potiphar's wife
tempted him and was repulsed, she
charged him with the crime he had not
committed, and he was cast into pris-
on. There his good nature made him
general favorite, and when he had
made friends with the other prisoners
he found among them the chief butler
and chief baker of Pharoh's household.
These men had strange dreams one
night and told Joseph about them the
next day. He said to the chief baker:
Your dream means that you will be
hanged within three days" and to the
chief butler he said: Your dream
means that within three days you will
be released and be reinstated as butler
to Pharaoh, and when this happens do
not forget me, but do your best to free
me-
The butler promised, but when he
was free he forgot his promise until he
was reminded of Joseph's wonderful
power of interpreting dreams when
Pharaoh related two dreams that none
of his magicians could explain.
Then in a good moment the butler
stepped forward, saying to his master:
Il repent of my fault-there is little
Hebrew in the prison who explained
our dreams for US, and he can doubtless
do as much for YOU
Many years must have passed in the
prison walls. for Joseph was now 80
years old, but no sooner had he spoken
to Pharaoh and explained his dreams
than every one was surprised at the
wisdom of the young man, and Pharaoh
himself took the seal ring from his
hand, clothed him in the finest gar
ments and gave him one of his own
chariots to ride in. appointing him vir-
tual ruler over all Egyps.
In giving him the ring Pharaoh did
not call him Joseph, but called him by
an Egyptian name, "Zaphnath-paan-
eah." which no one hitherto has been
able to explain satisfactorily. But now
comes the ring, the identical ring which
Thothmes III put on Joseph's finger,
and its ancient hiegoglyphs yield up
the secret of ages TO the modern Egyp-
tologists. Not only does it explain the
name given to Joseph, but it settles for
all time the question as to who was the
Pharaoh before whom Joseph stood.
The exact chronology of the Egyptian
mOnarchs is not yet settled, but the
order in which they ruled is now we'll
known. This ring proves that it was
Thothmes III who gave the ring to
Joseph, for the seal itself bears the
royal cartouche, or signature, of that
monarch as it has been found on the
stone monuments of Egypt The fact
that the Bible says in connection with
the oppression of the Hebrews before
their exodus from Egypt that q new
king arose who knew Joseph, is ac-
counted for, not merely by the fact of
several generations having elapsed, for
the royal records were carefully kept.
but by the additional fact that there
was an entihe change of dynasty.
The ring again proves that Joseph
served one of the shepherd kings, and it
is proved by the records that a new dy-