13. wandering from nation to nation,from one kingdom to another people,
14. he allowed no one to oppress them;he rebuked kings on their account,
15. saying, “Touch not my anointed ones,do my prophets no harm!”
16. When he summoned a famine on the landand broke all supply of bread,
17. he had sent a man ahead of them,Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
18. His feet were hurt with fetters;his neck was put in a collar of iron;
19. until what he had said came to pass,the word of the Lord tested him.
20. The king sent and released him;the ruler of the peoples set him free;
21. he made him lord of his houseand ruler of all his possessions,
22. to bind his princes at his pleasureand to teach his elders wisdom.
23. Then Israel came to Egypt;Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24. And the Lord made his people very fruitfuland made them stronger than their foes.