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In the reign of Mamitus, the twelfth king of Assyria, and
Plemnaeus, the eleventh of Sicyon, while Argus still reigned over
the Argives, Joseph died in Egypt a hundred and ten years old.
After his death, the people of God, increasing wonderfully,
remained in Egypt a hundred and forty-five years, in tranquillity at
first, until those who knew Joseph were dead. Afterward, through
envy of their increase, and the suspicion that they would at length
gain their freedom, they were oppressed with persecutions and the
labors of intolerable servitude, amid which, however, they still
grew, being multiplied with God-given fertility. During this period
the same kingdoms continued in Assyria and Greece.
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