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.
14. “And Yosĕph sent and called his father Ya‛aqoḇ and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people.
15. “And Ya‛aqoḇ went down to Mitsrayim, and died, he and our fathers,
16. and they were brought over to Sheḵem and laid in the tomb that Aḇraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Ḥamor, the father of Sheḵem.
17. “But as the time of the promise drew near which Elohim had sworn to Aḇraham, the people increased and multiplied in Mitsrayim
18. until another sovereign arose who did not know Yosĕph.
19. “Having dealt treacherously with our race, this one mistreated our fathers, making them expose their babies, so that they should not live.