Incidents depicted in the life of Joseph of Canaan include: the conspiracy of his brothers to sell him into slavery and strip him of the coat of many colors given to him by his father Jacob; Jacob's grief upon seeing the torn coat and hearing from the brothers that Joseph died under a lion's claw; Joseph's hardships as a slave; his arrival in Egypt; his life as a slave in the house of Potiphar, an Egyptian official, whose wife Zelikah tries to seduce Joseph; his imprisonment; his prophecy, which comes true, telling of life for one fellow prisoner and death for another; his interpretation for the Pharoah of the dream of the seven lean and seven fat kine; the seven years of famine in Egypt; and the reconciliation with his father, brothers, their wives and children in Egypt.
Release Date | January 1, 1914 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors | |
Runtime | 1h 0min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | No Language | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | United States of America | |
Production Companies | Dormet Film Company |