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"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,
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and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.
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Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
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But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
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And at the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
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And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five souls;
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and Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, himself and our fathers,
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and they were carried 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 of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt
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till there arose over Egypt another king who had not known Joseph.
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He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, that they might not be kept alive.