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And his brothers also went and fell down before him; and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; and they embalmed him and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

Come, let us deal wisely with them, before they multiply, lest when we chance to be at war, they will be added also to our enemies, and fight against us, and so drive us out of the land.

Therefore they appointed over them cruel taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh cities with storehouses, Pithom and Raamses.

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and became strong. And the Egyptians were grieved because of the children of Israel.

And they made their lives bitter with hard labor, in mortar and in bricks and in all manner of work in the field; all their service wherein they made them serve was with rigor.

And he said to them, When you do perform your duties as midwives to the Hebrew women, look out when they kneel to deliver; if it is a male, then you must kill him; but if it is a female, then let her live.

And the midwives said to Pharaoh, The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they themselves are midwives, and are delivered before a midwife comes in to them.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, because they spared the males; and the people multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their fathers flock.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said to them, How is it that you have watered the flock so soon today?

And they said to him, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hands of the shepherds and also drew water for us and watered our flock.

And it came to pass after a long time that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of severe oppression, and they prayed, and their cry came up to God because of severe oppression.

And Moses said to God, Behold, when I go to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them?

And they shall hearken to your voice; and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has appeared to us; and now let us go three days journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

AND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you.

This is done that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.

And if they will not believe you, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

And if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to you voice, you shall take some of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which you take from the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

And Moses returned, and went to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.