Then the King of Egypt Took Advantage of Them and Made Them Slaves of Them

They fled to mesopotamia and lived there for a long time. Then their god commanded them to leave the place where they were living and to go to the land of canaan. There they settled and prospered with much gold and silver and very many cattle. When a famine spread over canaan, they went down to egypt and lived there as long as they had food. They became a great multitude, so great that they could not be counted. But when they had departed from the way which he had appointed for them, they were utterly defeated in many battles and led away captive to a foreign country. The temple of their god was raised to the ground, and their cities were