d him as a sojourner into this very country,
in which we now dwell. (5)Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not so
much as the print of his foot: yet he promised to give it for a
possession to him and to his seed after him, when he had no son.
(6)Then spake God to him thus, That his seed should sojourn in a
foreign land: and that they should enslave it, and grievously afflict
it, four hundred years. (7)And the nation by which they shall be
enslaved will I judge, said God: and after these things they shall come
out, and shall worship me in this place[33]. (8)And he gave him the
covenant of circumcision: and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on
the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
(9)And the patriarchs, envious, sold Joseph into Egypt: yet God was
with him, (10)and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave
him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he appointed
him governor over Egypt and all his house. (11)Then came a famine upon
all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers
found no provisions. (12)But when Jacob heard that there were
provisions in Egypt, he sent our fathers, the first time. (13)And the
second time Joseph was made known unto his brethren; and Joseph's
family was made known unto Pharaoh. (14)Then sent Joseph, and invited
his father Jacob to come to him, and all his kindred, consisting of
seventy-five persons. (15)So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died,
himself, and our fathers, (16)and they removed him to Sychem, and laid
him in the sepulchre which Abraham had bought, at a price paid in
silver, of the sons of Emmor, the father of Shechem. (17)But as the
time of the promise which God had with an oath confirmed unto Abraham
drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, (18)until
another king arose, who knew not Joseph. (19)This man, forming crafty
designs against our nation, grievously treated our fathers, so as to
cause them to expose their children, in order to exterminate the race.
(20)At which time Moses was born, and was endued with singular beauty
from God, who was brought up three months in the house of his father:
(21)and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him home, and
brought him up for herself, as a son. (22)And Moses was educated in all
the wisdom of Egypt, and was mighty in words and actions. (23)But when
he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his
brethren the chil