It occurs in that part of Genesis where we find recorded the steps of the Divine Providence which led to the transfer of Jacob’s family into Egypt. This was to be accomplished, by Joseph as the instrument, through famine as the occasion, and through Divine power as the cause. And in this chapter we can see the need of it, the entire justification of the deportation, as we contemplate the state of the people revealed by this story of Judah. We are very sharply reminded of the grave moral dangers that