10. He then confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11. saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment that is your inheritance.”
12. When they were few in number— a trifle—and were sojourners in it,
13. and they wandered about among the nations, from one kingdom to another people,
14. he allowed no one to oppress them, and he rebuked kings on account of them,
15. “Do not touch my anointed ones, nor harm my prophets.”
16. Then he called for a famine upon the land; he broke every supply of bread.
17. He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave.
18. They clamped his feet in fetters. His neck went into irons.
19. Until the time his word came about, the word of Yahweh tested him.
20. The king sent and he freed him; the ruler of the peoples sent and let him loose.
21. He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,
22. to obligate his officials as he saw fit and teach his elders wisdom.
23. Then Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24. And he made his people very fruitful. He also made them stronger than their enemies.
25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully against his servants.
26. He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron whom he had chosen.
27. They set before them the words concerning his signs and portents in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his words.
29. He turned their waters into blood and it killed their fish.
30. Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.