15. Saying, Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm.
16. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave,
18. whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron.
19. Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the Lord purified him.
20. The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free.
21. He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance:
22. To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.
23. Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
24. And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies.
25. He turned their heart to hate his people to think evil against his slaves.