^{1 Ref} And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?'

^{2 Ref} and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

^{3 Ref} and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

^{4 Ref} `Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

^{5 Ref} and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

^{6 Ref} `And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

^{7 Ref} and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

^{8 Ref} `And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac `begat' Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

^{9 Ref} and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

^{10 Ref} and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

^{11 Ref} `And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

^{12 Ref} and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

^{13 Ref} and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,