4. Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, God removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:
5. and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6. And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil, four hundred years.
7. And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8. And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9. And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
10. and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11. Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12. But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
13. And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
14. And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15. And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself, and our fathers;
16. and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17. But as the time of the promise drew nigh, which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18. till there arose another king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.