At a tender age, he was treacherously sold as a slave and taken to Egypt, hundreds of miles away from his God - fearing father and a world away from the warm, supportive atmosphere of his home.
Būdams vēl ļoti jauns, viņš tika pārdots verdzībā un aizvests uz Ēģipti, tālu prom no viņa dievbijīgā tēva, prom no mājām, kur viņš bija varējis saņemt sirsnīgu atbalstu.