^{1 Ref} Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

^{2 Ref} And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

^{3 Ref} And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

^{4 Ref} Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

^{5 Ref} And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

^{6 Ref} And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

^{7 Ref} And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

^{8 Ref} And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

^{9 Ref} And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

^{10 Ref} And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

^{11 Ref} Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

^{12 Ref} But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

^{13 Ref} And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.