Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

and rescued him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

And Jacob went down to Egypt, and there he and our fathers died.

"But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

until there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.

I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, and I will send you to Egypt.'

This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

the God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.