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"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Yosef, sold him into Mitzrayim. God was with him,
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and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Par`oh, king of Mitzrayim. He made him governor over Mitzrayim and all his house.
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Now a famine came over all the land of Mitzrayim and Kana`an, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
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But when Ya`akov heard that there was grain in Mitzrayim, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
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On the second time Yosef was made known to his brothers, and Yosef's race was revealed to Par`oh.
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Yosef sent, and summoned Ya`akov, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
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Ya`akov went down into Mitzrayim, and he died, himself and our fathers,
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and they were brought back to Shekhem, and laid in the tomb that Avraham bought for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor of Shekhem.
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"But as the time of the promise came close which God swore to Avraham, the people grew and multiplied in Mitzrayim,
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until there arose a different king, who didn't know Yosef.
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The same dealt slyly with our race, and mistreated our fathers, that they should throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.