So this week -- (applause) -- congregations around the world will retell thestoryofJoseph. (Applause.) As any fan of Broadway musicals will tell you -- (laughter) -- there is a lot going on in this reading. (Laughter.) But many scholars have focused on a single word that Joseph uses when he replies to his father Jacob.
You know, being here with all of you -- with all the outstanding members ofthe Congressional Black Caucus -- reminds me of a story that one of our friends, a giant ofthe civil rights movement, Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowery, told one day.