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And he gave him no inheritance in it, no not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
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And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat [them] ill four hundred years.
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And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.
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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
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And delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
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Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
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But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
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And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren: and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
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Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
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So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,