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"`And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; `and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'
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"Then He gave him the Covenant of circumcision, and under this Covenant he became the father of Isaac--whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.
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"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him
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and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him governor over Egypt and all the royal household.
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But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food.
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When, however, Jacob heard that there was wheat to be had, he sent our forefathers into Egypt; that was the first time.
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On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's parentage.
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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,