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"Now the Patriarchs grew jealous of Yosef and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But ADONAI was with him;
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he rescued him from all his troubles and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him chief administrator over Egypt and over all his household. t
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Now there came a famine that caused much suffering throughout Egypt and Kena'anu
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But when Ya'akov heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.
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The second time, Yosef revealed his identity to his brothers, and Yosef's family became known to Pharaoh.
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Yosef then sent for his father Ya'akov and all his relatives, seventy-five people.
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And Ya'akov went down to Egypt; there he died, as did our other ancestors.
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Their bodies were removed to Sh'khem and buried in the tomb Avraham had bought from the family of Hamor in Sh'khem for a certain sum of money.
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"As the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise God had made to Avraham, the number of our people in Egypt increased greatly,
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until there arose another king over Egypt who had no knowledge of Yosef.
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With cruel cunning this man forced our fathers to put their newborn babies outside their homes, so that they would not survive.