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Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him,
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and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,
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and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver.
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"But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt,
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until there arose a foreign king over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph.
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He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live.
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At this time Moses was born--a wonderfully beautiful child; and for three months he was cared for in his father's house.
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At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son.
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So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.
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"And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel.
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Seeing one of them wrongfully treated he took his part, and secured justice for the ill-treated man by striking down the Egyptian.