TALE of Two Brothers - Anpu and Bata
TALE of Two Brothers - Anpu and Bata This story was written for Seti II (1209-1205 B.C.) of the nineteenth Egyptian dynasty. The story repeats a common test which many people had to undergo. It is similar to the story of Joseph in the house of Potiphar, in Genesis 39:1-20. It is reasonable to believe that there were many such scandals in Egypt and in your own hometown. Therefore, borrowing is not required. Once, there were two brothers. Anpu was the name of the elder and Bata was was the name of the younger. When their parents died, Anpu was already married and had a house of his own, but his little brother was to him, as it were, a son; so he took his little brother to live with him. When the little brother grew into a young man, he was an excellent worker. He it was who made for him his clothes; he it was who followed behind his oxen to the fields; he it was who did the plowing; he it was who harvested the corn; he it was who did for him all the ma...