7. ‘And the nation to whom they shall be enslaved, I shall judge,’ said Elohim, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’
8. “And He gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he brought forth Yitsḥaq and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Yitsḥaq brought forth Ya‛aqoḇ, and Ya‛aqoḇ brought forth the twelve ancestors.
9. “And the ancestors, becoming jealous, sold Yosĕph into Mitsrayim. But Elohim was with him,
10. and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, sovereign of Mitsrayim. And he appointed him governor over Mitsrayim and all his house.
11. “Then a scarcity of food and great distress came over all the land of Mitsrayim and Kena‘an, and our fathers found no food.
12. “But Ya‛aqoḇ heard that there was grain in Mitsrayim, and he sent out our fathers the first time,
13. and at the second time Yosĕph was made known to his brothers, and Yosĕph’s race became known to the Pharaoh.