Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ `Because they were jealous, they sold Joseph to be a slave in the country of Egypt. But God was with Joseph.

¹⁰ He took him out of all his troubles. He blessed him and made him wise in the eyes of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh made him president in Egypt and a ruler over all the people of his house.

¹¹ For a long, long time there was no rain in Egypt and Canaan. And so there was very little food. This caused much trouble. Our fathers had nothing to eat.

¹² Then Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt. He sent his sons on their first trip to buy some. They were our fathers of long ago.

¹³ The second time they went, Joseph told his brothers who he was. And Pharaoh found out who Joseph's family was.

¹⁴ Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all the family to come. There were seventy-five people.

¹⁵ So Jacob went to Egypt. There he and our fathers died.

¹⁶ They were taken back to the place called Shechem and buried. Abraham had bought a grave from the family of Hamor in Shechem. He had paid money for it.