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cordially agree ; for independently of the fact that the reign 
of Sesertesen I. preceded that of Josephus Pharaoh by about 
two centuries, if we note what is said in Scripture respecting 
the seven years 5 famine, we shall at once see the distinction 
between the two. In Genesis xli., 54, it is written “ Ihe seven 
years 5 dearth was in all lands ; but in all the land of Egypt 
there was bread.” It is clear that the two statements cannot 
record the same event ; for whereas the monumental inscrip- 
tion speaks of a great famine extending over all Egypt , save 
one district , Scripture relates that the seven years 5 famine 
was in all lands but Egypt. No two descriptions can be more 
unlike. 
19. Another instance of Bunsen 5 s misapprehension of Scrip- 
ture has been very decisively contradicted by the monuments 
of Egypt. The Book of Genesis closes with the assertion 
that Joseph died at the age of 110. Bunsen declares that 
“ the 110 years of Joseph could not be historical, 55 affirming 
that his real age was probably not greater than 78. (Egypt’s 
Place , etc., iii. 342.) Now, there is reason to believe, that 
after the time of Joseph, the limit of longevity was considered 
by the Egyptians to be just 110 years ; and that the desire of 
attaining that age became quite proverbial amongst them; 
which may be accounted for by the esteem whicn they enter- 
tained for the memory of Joseph. By the help of the monu- 
ments and papyri we can trace through several centuries 
repeated references to the number “ 110 years ; 55 which seems 
to show that such was the case. Thus, in the British Museum, 
an inscription belonging to a court officer, named Pahia, of 
the time of Kamessu the Great (14th cent, b.c.), reads : — * 
“ Adoration to Onnopkris, who granted me repose in the tomb after 110 
years on earth. n 
In the Munich Museum, on a statue of BaJcen-Konsoro, 
high priest of Ammon, in the time of Pharaoh Seti (15th 
cent, b.c.), the inscription contains a prayer, that Ammon 
would grant his servant “ the happy life of 110 years.” 
A second inscription in the British Museum, on a black 
stone, carved in hieratic in place of the usual hieroglyphic 
characters, dated the 21st year of Amenophis III. (16th cent. 
B.c.), speaks of certain benefactions which are promised to 
the objects of the charity — “ during the days when they shall 
repose in the tomb after 110 years.” 
20. Similar references to this limit of longevity amongst 
the Egyptians are frequently found in the papyri which have 
come to light ; the most interesting of them being in a papy- 
