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God also told him, ‘I will punish the people whom they will serve. After that, they will leave that country and worship me here.’

“God gave Abraham circumcision to confirm his promise.[a] So when Abraham’s son Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac did the same to his son Jacob, and Jacob did the same to his twelve sons (the ancestors of our tribes).

“Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. They sold him into slavery, and he was taken to Egypt. But God was with Joseph

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:8 Or “covenant.”

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