14. he allowed no one to oppress them;he rebuked kings on their account,
15. saying, “Touch not my anointed ones,do my prophets no harm!”
16. When he summoned a famine on the landand broke all supply of bread,
17. he had sent a man ahead of them,Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18. His feet were hurt with fetters;his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19. until what he had said came to pass,the word of the Lord tested him.
20. The king sent and released him;the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21. he made him lord of his houseand ruler of all his possessions,
22. to bind his princes at his pleasureand to teach his elders wisdom.
23. Then Israel came to Egypt;Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24. And the Lord made his people very fruitfuland made them stronger than their foes.
25. He turned their hearts to hate his people,to deal craftily with his servants.
26. He sent Moses, his servant,and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27. They performed his signs among themand miracles in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness, and made the land dark;they did not rebel against his words.
29. He turned their waters into bloodand caused their fish to die.
30. Their land swarmed with frogs,even in the chambers of their kings.
31. He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.