10. And ratified in a statute for Jacob,an everlasting covenant for Israel:
11. “To you I give the land of Canaan,your own allotted inheritance.”
12. When they were few in number,a handful, and strangers there,
13. Wandering from nation to nation,from one kingdom to another people,
14. He let no one oppress them;for their sake he rebuked kings:
15. “Do not touch my anointed ones,to my prophets do no harm.”
16. Then he called down a famine on the land,destroyed the grain that sustained them.
17. He had sent a man ahead of them,Joseph, sold as a slave.
18. They shackled his feet with chains;collared his neck in iron,
19. Till his prediction came to pass,and the word of the Lord proved him true.
20. The king sent and released him;the ruler of peoples set him free.
21. He made him lord over his household,ruler over all his possessions,
22. To instruct his princes as he desired,to teach his elders wisdom.
23. Then Israel entered Egypt;Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24. God greatly increased his people,made them more numerous than their foes.