8. He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11. Saying,
12. When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13. When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
14. He allowed no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15. Saying,
16. Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke every staff of bread.
17. He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18. Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in irons:
19. Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tested him.
20. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.