15. saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones,and do no harm to my prophets.”
16. Moreover He called for a famine upon the land;He broke the whole supply of bread.
17. He sent a man before them,Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18. They hurt his feet with fetters;his neck was put in an iron collar.
19. Until the time that his word came to pass,the word of the Lord tested him.
20. The king sent and released him;the ruler of the people let him go free.
21. He made Joseph lord of his houseand ruler of all his possessions,
22. to imprison his princes at Joseph’s pleasureand to teach his elders wisdom.
23. Then Israel came into Egypt,and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24. The Lord increased His people greatlyand made them stronger than their enemies.
25. He turned their hearts to hate His people,to deal cleverly with His servants.
26. He sent Moses, His servant,and Aaron whom He had chosen.
27. They showed His signs among themand wonders in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness and made the land dark,and Moses and Aaron did not rebel against His word.
29. He turned their waters into bloodand caused their fish to die.
30. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance,even in the chambers of their kings.
31. He spoke, and there came swarms of fliesand gnats in all their country.
32. He gave them hail for rainand flaming lightning in their land.
33. He struck their vines and their fig treesand shattered the trees of their country.