They saidto Pharaoh,"We have cometo sojournin the land,for thereis nopasturefor your servants'flocks,for the famineis severein the landof Canaan.Now,therefore, pleaselet your servantslivein the landof Goshen."
Now there was a faminein the land;so Abramwentdownto Egyptto sojournthere,for the faminewas severein the land.
[God] saidto Abram,"Knowfor certainthat your descendantswill be strangersin a landthat is not theirs,where they will be enslavedand oppressedfourhundredyears.
Now the faminewas severein the land.
"You shall livein the landof Goshen,and you shall be nearme, you and your childrenand your children'schildrenand your flocksand your herdsand allthat you have.
you shall say,'Your servantshave beenkeepersof livestockfrom our youtheven untilnow,bothwe and our fathers,'that you may livein the landof Goshen;for everyshepherdis loathsometo the Egyptians."
Then Pharaohsaidto Joseph,"Your fatherand your brothershave cometo you.
Israelalso cameinto Egypt;Thus Jacobsojournedin the landof Ham.
For thussaysthe LordGOD,"My peoplewentdownat the firstinto Egyptto residethere;then the Assyrianoppressedthem withoutcause.
"Nowa faminecameoverallEgyptand Canaan,and greataffliction[with it], and our fatherscould findnofood.
"But Godspoketo this effect,that his DESCENDANTSWOULD BE ALIENSIN A FOREIGNLAND,AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVEDAND MISTREATEDFOR FOUR HUNDREDYEARS.
"You shall answerand saybeforethe LORDyour God,My fatherwas a wanderingAramean,and he wentdownto Egyptand sojournedthere,fewin number;but therehe becamea great,mightyand populousnation.
