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" 'AND WHATEVER*NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' saidGod, 'AND 1AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THISPLACE.'
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"And He 2gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so3Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighthday; and 4Isaac became the father of Jacob, and 5Jacob of the twelve6patriarchs.
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"The patriarchs7became 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 8granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governoroverEgypt and all his household.
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"Now9a faminecameoverallEgypt and Canaan, and greataffliction with it, and our fathers could findnofood.
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"But 10when Jacobheard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the firsttime.
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"On the second visit 11Josephmade himself known to his brothers, and 12Joseph'sfamily was disclosed to Pharaoh.
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"Then13Josephsent word and invitedJacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, 14seventy-five*15persons in all.
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"And 16Jacobwentdown to Egypt and there he and our fathersdied.
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"From there they were removed to 17Shechem and laid in the tombwhichAbraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
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"But as the 18time of the promise was approachingwhichGod had assured to Abraham, 19the peopleincreased and multiplied in Egypt,