Dec5] PROCEEDINGS. [r893.the mast to look out for the way (course) the ship was to take. As
longas Joseph and Judah were of one mind, so that when Judah
showed to Joseph which was the right way, Joseph accordingly
directed thither the ship, the ship sailed on peaceably without
hindrance.
" After a awhile, however,a quarrel arosebetweenJoseph and
Judah,and Joseph did not steer any longer the ship accordingto
the words of his father, and to the teaching of Judah ; and the ship
wentwrong,and the waves of the sea dashed it on a rock, so that
the ship foundered.
" Levi and Judah then descendedfromthe mast to save their
lives,and every one of the brothers wentto the shore to save them
selves. Behold,therecameour father, Jacob,and found us scattered
(distressed),one here and the other there. He said to us : 'What
is the matter with you, my sons? Have you not steered the ship
as it ought to be steered, and as I had taught you? '
" We answered : ' By the life of thy servants, we did not depart
fromanythingthat thou hast commanded us, but Joseph transgressed
the word (sinnedin the affair), for he did not keep the ship right
accordingto thy command, and as he was told (taught)by Judah
and Levi, for he was jealous of them.'
"Andhe (Jacob) said unto us: 'Show me the place (of the ship).'
And he saw, and only the tops of the masts werevisible. But lo,
the ship floatedon the surface of the water. My father whistled,
and we gathered roundhim. He again threwhimselfintothe sea
as before, and he healed (repaired)it, and he entered the ship ; and
he reproved Josephand said : ' My son, thou shaltno more deceive
and be jealous of thy brothers, for they were nearlylost through thee.'
" When I had told this vision to my father he clapped his hands
andhe sighed, and his eyes shedtears. I waited for awhile, but
he did not answer. So I took the hand of my father to embrace
it, and to kiss it, and I said to him : ' Oh servant of the Lord!
Why do thine eyes shed tears? ' He answered, ' My son! the
repetition of thy vision hathmademy heart sink withinme, and
my body is shaken withtremorby reason of my son Joseph, for
I loved himabove you all ; and for the wickedness of my son
Josephyou will be sent into captivity,and you will be scattered
amongthe nations. For thy first and second visions are both but
one. I therefore command you not to unite (combine)withthe
sonsof Joseph, but only withLeviand Judah.
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