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"And He ^(C1)gave him ^(F1)the covenant of circumcision; and so ^(C2)Abraham fathered Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and ^(C3)Isaac fathered Jacob, and ^(C4)Jacob, the twelve ^(C5)patriarchs.

"The patriarchs ^(C1)became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him,

and rescued him from all his afflictions, and ^(C1)granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and his entire household.

"Now ^(C1)a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers ^(F1)could find no food.

"But ^(C1)when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

"And on the second visit, ^(C1)Joseph ^(F1)made himself known to his brothers, and ^(C2)Joseph's family was revealed to Pharaoh.

"Then ^(C1)Joseph sent word and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, ^(C2)seventy-five ^(F1)(C3)people in all.

"And ^(C1)Jacob went down to Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.

"And they were brought back from there to ^(F1)(C1)Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of ^(F2)Hamor in ^(F1)Shechem.