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Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
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And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
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And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.
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Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:
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And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
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And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.
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And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.
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And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.
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And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
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And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
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Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.