SCENE I
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Jacob: It is time my sons are returning with their flocks. See if thou canst see them coming.
[Exit servant.]
First Lady: Yes, they have been gone a long time. We have only Joseph and Benjamin with us.
[Enter servant.]
Jacob: What didst thou see?
Servant: Master, I saw nothing of your sons.
Jacob: I shall send Joseph after them. Bring Joseph hither. [Turns to another servant.] Bring a bag of food for him to take with him on his journey.
[Servants leave. Jacob looks away, hoping to see his sons.]
Jacob: I do not see them. What can be the matter?
[Enter Joseph with servant.]
Second Lady: Joseph will be sure to find them.
Jacob: Joseph, my son, I am sending thee after thy brethren. Take this food to Shechem and bring thy brethren back to me.
Joseph: I will do as thou bidst.
[Jacob stands and puts his hand on Joseph.]
Jacob: May the Lord go with thee.
End
The third scene was written by a girl of eleven years and was as follows: