¹⁶ He called down famine^(A) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
¹⁷ and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.^(B)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,^(C)
    his neck was put in irons,
¹⁹ till what he foretold^(D) came to pass,
    till the word^(E) of the Lord proved him true.
²⁰ The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.^(F)
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
²² to instruct his princes^(G) as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.^(H)

²³ Then Israel entered Egypt;^(I)
    Jacob resided^(J) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.^(K)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous^(L) for their foes,
²⁵ whose hearts he turned^(M) to hate his people,
    to conspire^(N) against his servants.
²⁶ He sent Moses^(O) his servant,
    and Aaron,^(P) whom he had chosen.^(Q)
27 They performed^(R) his signs^(S) among them,
    his wonders^(T) in the land of Ham.
²⁸ He sent darkness^(U) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against^(V) his words?
²⁹ He turned their waters into blood,^(W)
    causing their fish to die.^(X)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,^(Y)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
³¹ He spoke,^(Z) and there came swarms of flies,^(AA)
    and gnats^(AB) throughout their country.
³² He turned their rain into hail,^(AC)
    with lightning throughout their land;
³³ he struck down their vines^(AD) and fig trees^(AE)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴ He spoke,^(AF) and the locusts came,^(AG)
    grasshoppers^(AH) without number;^(AI)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
³⁶ Then he struck down all the firstborn^(AJ) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.