10. and rescued him from all his troubles. God made him so wise that the Egyptian king Pharaoh thought highly of him. Pharaoh even made Joseph governor over Egypt and put him in charge of everything he owned.
11. Everywhere in Egypt and Canaan the grain crops failed. There was terrible suffering, and our ancestors could not find enough to eat.
12. But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there for the first time.
13. It was on their second trip that Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learnt about Joseph's family.
14. Joseph sent for his father and his relatives. In all, there were seventy-five of them.
15. His father went to Egypt and died there, just as our ancestors did.
16. Later their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor.
17. Finally, the time came for God to do what he had promised Abraham. By then the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.
18. Another king was ruling Egypt, and he didn't know anything about Joseph.
19. He tricked our ancestors and was cruel to them. He even made them leave their babies outside, so they would die.
20. During this time Moses was born. He was a very beautiful child, and for three months his parents took care of him in their home.
21. Then when they were forced to leave him outside, the king's daughter found him and raised him as her own son.
22. Moses was given the best education in Egypt. He was a strong man and a powerful speaker.
23. When Moses was forty years old, he wanted to help the Israelites because they were his own people.
24. One day he saw an Egyptian ill-treating one of them. So he rescued the man and killed the Egyptian.
25. Moses thought the rest of his people would realize that God was going to use him to set them free. But they didn't understand.
26. The next day Moses saw two of his own people fighting, and he tried to make them stop. He said, “Men, you are both Israelites. Why are you so cruel to each other?”