Then the people said: "Give us corn and we will give you our lands."

So Joseph let them have corn until all their lands were gone.

But the famine continued, and so the poor wretches sold themselves, and

they became the servants of Pharoah.

Then Joseph gave them seed, and made an agreement with them that they

should forever give one-fifth of all they raised to Pharaoh.

Who enabled Joseph to interpret the dream of Pharaoh? Jehovah! Did he

know at the time that Joseph would use the information thus given to rob

and enslave the people of Egypt? Yes. Who produced the famine? Jehovah!

It is perfectly apparent that the Jews did not think of Jehovah as the

God of Egypt--the God of all the world. He was their God, and theirs

alone. Other nations had gods, but Jehovah was the greatest of all. He

hated other nations and other gods, and abhorred all religions except

the worship of himself.

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 03 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Lectures · 第 129 / 146 题