acquired them quickly after the angel had changed his name
from Joseph to Jehoseph. The next morning, when he came
into the presence of Pharaoh and the nobles of the kingdom,
inasmuch as he knew every one of the seventy languages,
he mounted all the steps of the royal throne, until he reached
the seventieth, the highest, upon which sat the king, and
Pharaoh and his princes rejoiced that Joseph fulfilled all the
requirements needed by one that was to rule over Egypt.

The king said to Joseph: "Thou didst give me the
counsel to look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over
the land of Egypt, that he may in his wisdom save the land
from the famine. As God hath showed thee all this, and as
thou art master of all the languages of the world, there is
none so discreet and wise as thou. Thou shalt therefore be
the second in the land after Pharaoh, and according unto thy
word shall all my people go in and go out; my princes and
my servants shall receive their monthly appanage from thee;
before thee the people shall prostrate themselves, only in the
throne will I be greater than thou."[182]


THE RULER OF EGYPT

Now Joseph reaped the harvest of his virtues, and according
to the measure of his merits God granted him reward.
The mouth that refused the kiss of unlawful passion and
sin received the kiss of homage from the people; the neck
that did not bow itself unto sin was adorned with the gold
chain that Pharaoh put upon it; the hands that did not