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When he summoned a famine on 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 tested 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 his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
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Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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And the LORD made his people very fruitful, and made them stronger than their foes.
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He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
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He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron whom he had chosen.
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They wrought his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness, and made the land dark; they rebelled against his words.
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He turned their waters into blood, and caused their fish to die.
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Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
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He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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He gave them hail for rain, and lightning that flashed through their land.
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He smote their vines and fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.
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He spoke, and the locusts came, and young locusts without number;
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which devoured all the vegetation in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.
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He smote all the first-born in their land, the first issue of all their strength.