Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ “Now the patriarchs became angry with Joseph, and were jealous of him. They sold him into Egypt. But God was with him, ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his troubles and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, making him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. ¹¹ But then there was a famine over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, which resulted in great hardship. Our ancestors couldn’t find food to eat. ¹² Jacob, however, heard that there was grain in Egypt, and sent our ancestors there on an initial visit. ¹³ On their second trip, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and revealed to Pharaoh what family he was from. ¹⁴ So Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all the family, seventy-five people in all. ¹⁵ Jacob came to Egypt, and he and our ancestors died there. ¹⁶ They were brought back to Shechem, and buried in the tomb which Abraham had bought with silver, at a named price, from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.”