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On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
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Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five in all;
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so Jacob went down to Egypt. He himself died there as well as our ancestors,
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and their bodies were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
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"But as the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God had made to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased and multiplied
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until another king who had not known Joseph ruled over Egypt.
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He dealt craftily with our race and forced our ancestors to abandon their infants so that they would die.
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At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house;
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and when he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
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So Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.
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"When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his relatives, the Israelites.