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Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob unto
him and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
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So Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
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who were carried over into Shechem and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.
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But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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until another king arose, who did not know Joseph.
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The same dealt subtly with our kindred and mistreated our fathers so that they exposed their babies
to death, to the end that the generation would cease.
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In which time Moses was born and was beautiful to God and was nourished in his father’s house three months;
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and when he was put in danger, Pharaoh’s daughter took him in and nourished him as her own son.
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And Moses was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in his words and deeds.
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And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of Israel.
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And seeing one
of them suffer wrong, he defended
him and smote the Egyptian, avenging the oppressed;