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So Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

So they came to Joseph and said to him, Your father did command before he died, saying,

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.

So the Egyptians oppressed the children of Israel severely;

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?

And Pharaohs daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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 the LORD said to Moses. When you return to Egypt, see that you perform all the wonders before Pharaoh which I have performed by your hand, but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

So the LORD let him go. Then she said, You are a bloody husband, because of the circumcision.

Let more work be assigned to the men, that they may be occupied, so that they may not think to engage in vain conversations.

So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather the stubble.

And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to him, because of their misery and because of bondage.

And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and before his noblemen, and it became a serpent.

So Aaron lifted up his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

And he did so; and Aaron lifted up his hand with his staff and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice on men and on cattle; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the magicians did the same by means of their magic to bring forth lice, but they could not get rid of the lice; so there were lice on men and on cattle.

And the LORD did so; and he brought great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants houses and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies.

And Moses said, It is not proper to do so; for we shall sacrifice to the LORD our God some of the animals that are an abomination to the Egyptians. And if we should sacrifice animals that are idols before Egyptian eyes, they would stone us.