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And He gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him
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and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
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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.