12. Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,
13. and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,
14. he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
15. Do not be willing to touch my Christ, and do not be willing to malign my prophets.
16. And he called a famine upon the land, and he crushed every foundation of the bread.
17. He sent a man before them: Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
18. They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,
19. until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.
20. The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.
21. He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
22. so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.
23. And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24. And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
25. He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
26. He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the one whom he chose.
27. He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness and made it conceal, and he did not afflict them with his speech.