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Return to Egypt

Once upon a time in a land far, far away there lived a man named Abram. Abram was married to Sarai. God told Abram to take his family and move to a foreign place where he was to become the father of a nation. Their names changed. They had a son. He got married and had twins. One of the twins had twelve sons, but the one named Joseph was the favorite. In their jealousy, the other brothers schemed against Joseph, and he ended up a slave in Egypt. After many years, he rose to power and reunited with his family who came to live under his provision. Fast forward a few hundred years and this reasonably small family multiplied into a very large group, including a man named Moses. The Egyptians treated this group with extreme cruelty, so God used Moses to set these people free from Egyptian captivity. Yay!! Don't you just love a happy ending! Wait, so why is the name of this blog titled "Back to Egypt?" Let me explain. There's this phenomenon that happens whenever humans are