10. and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute;to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11. saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,the lot of your inheritance;”
12. when they were but a few men in number,yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
13. They went about from nation to nation,from one kingdom to another people.
14. He allowed no one to do them wrong.Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
15. “Don’t touch my anointed ones!Do my prophets no harm!”
16. He called for a famine on the land.He destroyed the food supplies.
17. He sent a man before them.Joseph was sold for a slave.
18. They bruised his feet with shackles.His neck was locked in irons,
19. until the time that his word happened,and the Lord’s word proved him true.
20. The king sent and freed him;even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
21. He made him lord of his house,and ruler of all of his possessions;
22. to discipline his princes at his pleasure,and to teach his elders wisdom.