11. Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,
12. when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13. When they went from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people,
14. he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he chastened kings for their sakes:
15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.
16. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave,
18. whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron.
19. Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the Lord purified him.
20. The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free.
21. He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance:
22. To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.
23. Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.