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"And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to the Pharaoh.
"Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people.
"But when he was set out, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son.
"But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years.
"Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
"When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,
"saying, 'I am the God of your fathers - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and dared not look.
"Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
"And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?'
"And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
"At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father's house for three months.
"For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.
"And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.
"He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
"and said to him, 'Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.'
"and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
"This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, 'The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.'
"saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'