Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father ^aAbraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in ^bCharran,

 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy ^acountry, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

 4 Then came he out of the land of the ^aChaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

 5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he ^apromised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

 6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should ^asojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into ^bbondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

 7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

 8 And he gave him the covenant of ^acircumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve ^bpatriarchs.

 9 And the patriarchs, moved with ^aenvy, sold ^bJoseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

 10 And ^adelivered him out of all his ^bafflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

 11 Now there came a ^adearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

 12 But when Jacob heard that there was ^acorn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

 13 And at the second time ^aJoseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto ^bPharaoh.

 14 Then sent ^aJoseph, and called his ^bfather ^cJacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

 15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

 16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham ^abought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.