Twentieth_Century(i)
10 And delivered him out of all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and show wisdom before Pharaoh, King of Egypt, who appointed him Governor of Egypt and of his whole household.
11 Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find no food.
12 Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.
13 In the course of their second visit, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 Then Joseph sent an urgent invitation to his father Jacob and to his relations, seventy-five persons in all;
15 And so Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and our ancestors also,
16 And their bodies were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 As the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,
18 Until a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to the throne.