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[13]
But God, in opposition to their envy, sent a second vision to Joseph,
which was much more wonderful than the former; for it seemed to him that
the sun took with him the moon, and the rest of the stars, and came down
to the earth, and bowed down to him. He told the vision to his father,
and that, as suspecting nothing of ill-will from his brethren, when they
were there also, and desired him to interpret what it should signify. Now
Jacob was pleased with the dream: for, considering the prediction in his
mind, and shrewdly and wisely guessing at its meaning, he rejoiced at the
great things thereby signified, because it declared the future happiness
of his son; and that, by the blessing of God, the time would come when
he should be honored, and thought worthy of worship by his parents and
brethren, as guessing that the moon and sun were like his mother and father;
the former, as she that gave increase and nourishment to all things; and
the latter, he that gave form and other powers to them; and that the stars
were like his brethren, since they were eleven in number, as were the stars
that receive their power from the sun and moon.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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