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he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
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His feet were hurt with fetters, his neck was put in a collar of iron;
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until what he had said came to pass the word of the LORD tested him.
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The king sent and released him, the ruler of the peoples set him free;
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he made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions,
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