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He brought famine to the land. He took away their food supply.
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He sent a man ahead of them. He sent Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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They hurt his feet with shackles, and cut into his neck with an iron collar.
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The LORD's promise tested him through fiery trials until his prediction came true.
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The king sent someone to release him. The ruler of nations set him free.
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He made Joseph the master of his palace and the ruler of all his possessions.
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Joseph trained the king's officers the way he wanted and taught his respected leaders wisdom.
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Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
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The LORD made his people grow rapidly in number and stronger than their enemies.
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He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.
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He sent his servant Moses, and he sent Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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They displayed his miraculous signs among them and did amazing things in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness and made [their land] dark. They did not rebel against his orders.
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He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die.
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He made their land swarm with frogs, even in the kings' bedrooms.
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He spoke, and swarms of flies and gnats infested their whole territory.
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He gave them hail and lightning instead of rain throughout their land.
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He struck their grapevines and fig trees and smashed the trees in their territory.
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He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came.
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They devoured all the plants in the land. They devoured the crops in the fields.
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He killed all the firstborn sons, the first ones born in the land when their fathers were young.