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7:7. And the nation which they shall serve will I judge (said the Lord):
and after these things they shall go out and shall serve me in this
place.
7:8. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac
and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob,
the twelve patriarchs.
7:9. And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God
was with him,
7:10. And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him
favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt. And he
appointed him governor over Egypt and over all his house.
7:11. Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great
tribulation: and our fathers found no food.
7:12. But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our
fathers first.
7:13. And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren: and his
kindred was made known to Pharao.
7:14. And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his
kindred, seventy-five souls.
7:15. So Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, and our fathers.
7:16. And they were translated into Sichem and were laid in the
sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor,
the son of Sichem.
7:17. And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised
to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt.
7:18. Till another king arose in Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
7:19. This same, dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers,
that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be
kept alive.
7:20. At the same time was Moses born: and he was acceptable to God. Who
was nourished three months in his father's house.
7:21. And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up and
nourished him for her own son.
7:22. And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and
he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.
7:23. And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to
visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
7:24. And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him:
and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.
7:25. And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand
would save them. But they understood it not.
7:26. And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at
strife and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are
brethren. Why hurt you one another?
7:27. But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away,
saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us:
7:28. What! Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the
Egyptian?
7:29. And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of
Madian, where he begot two sons.
7:30. And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the
desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
7:31. And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to
view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
7:32. I am the God of thy fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac
and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified durst not behold.
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