8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9. Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:
10. And he appointed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament:
11. Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the lot of your inheritance.
12. When they were but a small number: yea very few, and sojourners therein:
13. And they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
14. He suffered no man to hurt them: and he reproved kings for their sakes.
15. Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
16. And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
17. He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
18. They humbled his feet in fetters: the iron pierced his soul,
19. until his word came. The word of the Lord inflamed him.
20. The king sent, and he released him: the ruler of the people, and he set him at liberty.
21. He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
22. That he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his ancients wisdom.
23. And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
24. And he increased his people exceedingly: and 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: Aaron the man whom he had chosen.