Jacob vanakomana vake vakayambukira kuEgypt vachitsvaga chokudya mumwaka wenzara. KuEgypt vanoyamurwa naJoseph mwanakomana waJacob uyo akanga atengeswa nevakoma vake muhuranda. Panguva iyoyo Joseph akanga otonga segurukota reEgypt anorayira vakoma vake kuti vanounza baba vake nemhuri yose - mambo weEgypt anovagamuchira zvakanaka fani achivapa dunhu reGoshen kuti vagareko nezvipfuwo zvavo. Joseph nevakoma vake vanofa vachisiya mhuri dzavo dzichigara muEgypt. Kwapera makore mazhinji, kunouya mumwe mambo akanga asingazive utongi hwaJoseph uye chirangano chaivepo nerudzi rwemaJudha. Mambo aitya kuti vana vaIsrael vakanga vawanda zvokuti muhondo aizogona kukurirwa kana maJudha vakabatana nevavengi vake. Saka mambo anoranga nemachinda ake kuti vabate maJudha kuvaita varanda vachikanya zvidhinha nokuita mamwe mabasa amambo Pharaoh. Panguva iyoyi vana vaIsrael vanochema kuna Mwari, ivo Jehovha vachibva vamutsa Moses kuti atungamire rudzi rwaIsrael kubva muEgypt kuenda kunyika yechipikirwa yeCanaan. Urwu ndirwo rudzi rwakatungamirwa naMoses kubuda muEgypt rwudzi urwu rwakapiwa Mitemo gumi yaMwari iyo yaidzidziswa naMoses apo akabva kunosangana naMwari pagomo reSinai.