7. I will judge the nationthat they will serve as slaves, God said.After this, they will come outand worship Me in this place.
8. Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.
9. “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him
10. and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.
11. Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.
12. When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.
13. The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
14. Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,
15. and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,
16. were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17. “As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt
18. until a different king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt.
19. He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.
20. At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,
21. and when he was left outside, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.
22. So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.
23. “As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided to visit his brothers, the Israelites.
24. When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.
25. He assumed his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.
26. The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ’
27. “But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?