7. 'And the nation whom they will serve, I will judge,' said the Lord. 'And after these things, they shall depart and shall serve me in this place.'
8. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he conceived Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac conceived Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs.
9. And the Patriarchs, being jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him.
10. And he rescued him from all his tribulations. And he gave him grace and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him as governor over Egypt and over all his house.
11. Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.
12. But when Jacob had heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.
13. And on the second occasion, Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and his ancestry was made manifest to Pharaoh.
14. Then Joseph sent for and brought his father Jacob, with all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15. And Jacob descended into Egypt, and he passed away, and so did our fathers.
16. And they crossed over into Shechem, and they were placed in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the son of Shechem.
17. And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,
18. even until another king, who did not know Joseph, rose up in Egypt.
19. This one, encompassing our kindred, afflicted our fathers, so that they would expose their infants, lest they be kept alive.
20. In the same time, Moses was born. And he was in the grace of God, and he was nourished for three months in the house of his father.