Genesis

I read an interesting part of the story of the children of Israel as told in the book of Genesis. As many people know, the children of Israel were slaves in the land of Egypt before Moses led them out of Egypt. But I have yet to hear why they became slaves of Egypt taught. Genesis tells how. When Joseph was a ruler in Egypt, there was 7 years of prosperity and 7 years of famine. During the years of famine, people came to Egypt to buy food from Joseph. When they ran out of money, they gave their cattle to Joseph for food. When they ran out of cattle, they asked Joseph what to do. Joseph told them to become property of Pharaoh and then they could eat. He also gave them seed to plant fields and told them to give one-fifth to Pharaoh and the rest they could keep for themselves. So it was Joseph's idea that they became slaves and the people agreed to it. Read about it in the last chapter of Genesis. Interesting, huh?