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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 27

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27. Thereafter the chief men of the city came together

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to

the

place

where

the

body

of

the

blessed

old

man

Joseph

had

been

laid

,

bringing

with

them

burial

-

clothes

;

and

they

wished

to

wrap

it

up

in

them

after

the

manner

in

which

the

Jews

are

wont

to

arrange

their

dead

bodies

.

And

they

perceived

that

he

kept

his

shroud

fast

;

for

it

adhered

to

the

body

in

such

a

way

,

that

when

they

wished

to

take

it

off

,

it

was

found

to

be

like

iron

—

impossible

to

be

moved

or

loosened

.

Nor

could

they

find

any

ends

in

that

piece

of

linen

,

which

struck

them

with

the

greatest

astonishment

.

At

length

they

carried

him

out

to

a

place

where

there

was

a

cave

,

and

opened

the

gate

,

that

they

might

bury

his

body

beside

the

bodies

of

his

fathers

.

Then

there

came

into

my

mind

the

day

on

which

he

walked

with

me

into

Egypt

,

and

that

extreme

trouble

which

he

endured

on

my

account

.

Accordingly

,

I

bewailed

his

death

for

a

long

time

;

and

lying

upon

his

body

,

I

said

:

—