17. He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.
18. They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,
19. until the time that his word happened, and Yahweh’s word proved him true.
20. The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions;
22. to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
23. Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
24. He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.
25. He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.
26. He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27. They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words.
29. He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.
30. Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings.
31. He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.
32. He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land.