20. The king sent and released him;the ruler of the people let him go free.
21. He made Joseph lord of his houseand ruler of all his possessions,
22. to imprison his princes at Joseph’s pleasureand to teach his elders wisdom.
23. Then Israel came into Egypt,and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24. The Lord increased His people greatlyand made them stronger than their enemies.
25. He turned their hearts to hate His people,to deal cleverly with His servants.
26. He sent Moses, His servant,and Aaron whom He had chosen.
27. They showed His signs among themand wonders in the land of Ham.
28. He sent darkness and made the land dark,and Moses and Aaron did not rebel against His word.
29. He turned their waters into bloodand caused their fish to die.
30. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance,even in the chambers of their kings.
31. He spoke, and there came swarms of fliesand gnats in all their country.
32. He gave them hail for rainand flaming lightning in their land.
33. He struck their vines and their fig treesand shattered the trees of their country.
34. He spoke, and the locusts came,and caterpillars without number,
35. that devoured all the vegetation in their land,and ate all the fruit of their ground.