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Until God's word came to the Pharaoh, and God confirmed his promise.
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God sent the king to release him. The Pharaoh set Joseph free;
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He appointed him master of his palace, put him in charge of all his business
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To personally instruct his princes and train his advisors in wisdom.
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Then Israel entered Egypt, Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham.
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God gave his people lots of babies; soon their numbers alarmed their foes.
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He turned the Egyptians against his people; they abused and cheated God's servants.
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Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he also chose.
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They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland, miracles in the Land of Ham.
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He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark - they couldn't see what they were doing.
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He turned all their water to blood so that all their fish died;
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He made frogs swarm through the land, even into the king's bedroom;
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He gave the word and flies swarmed, gnats filled the air.
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He substituted hail for rain, he stabbed their land with lightning;
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He wasted their vines and fig trees, smashed their groves of trees to splinters;
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With a word he brought in locusts, millions of locusts, armies of locusts;
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They consumed every blade of grass in the country and picked the ground clean of produce;
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He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of their virile powers.
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He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled.
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Egypt was glad to have them go - they were scared to death of them.
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God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day and a fire to light their way through the night;