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And he said, "Hear me, 1brethren* and fathers! 2The God of glory3appeared to our fatherAbraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
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and said to him, '4LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.'
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"5Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. 6From there, after his fatherdied, God had him move to thiscountry in which you are nowliving.
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"But He gave him noinheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had nochild, 7He promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTSAFTER HIM.
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"But 8Godspoke to thiseffect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGNLAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOURHUNDREDYEARS.
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" 'AND WHATEVER*NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' saidGod, 'AND 9AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THISPLACE.'
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"And He 10gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so11Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighthday; and 12Isaac became the father of Jacob, and 13Jacob of the twelve14patriarchs.
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"The patriarchs15became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,
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and rescued him from all his afflictions, and 16granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governoroverEgypt and all his household.