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When he summoned famine against the land, and broke every staff of bread,
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he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron;
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until what he had said came to pass, the word of the Lord kept testing him.
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The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free.
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He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,
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to instruct a his officials at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
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