7. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ said God, ‘and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.’
8. Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
9. The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
10. and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
11. Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
12. So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.
13. On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
14. So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all.
15. So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors,
16. and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17. “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,