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"Now there came a dearth and great affliction over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance.
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But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he first sent out our fathers.
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And on the second visit Joseph was made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred were made known unto Pharaoh.
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Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob to him and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
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So Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers.
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And they were carried back into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father 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 knew not Joseph.
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The same dealt craftily with our kindred and illtreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end that they might not live.
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At that time Moses was born and was exceedingly fair, and was nourished in his father's house three months.
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And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up and nourished him as her own son.