You are hereUCG.org / Sermons / Preserved in Egypt Preserved in Egypt Given on Mar 29, 2014 by Howard Marchbanks Listen Downloads MP3 Audio (5.82 MB) Downloads Preserved in Egypt MP3 Audio (5.82 MB) × Why did God keep the Isrealites in Egypt? Why was Joseph taken as a slave to Egypt? God sent Joseph before his family to preserve a posterity in the earth, and to save their lives by a great deliverance.