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So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.
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And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
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"But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt
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till another king arose who did not know Joseph.
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This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.
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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.
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But when he was set out, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son.
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And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.
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Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
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And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.
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For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.