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Numbers 20:15

Egypt

13 These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.

14 From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,

16 and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
KJV
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
WEB
how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
ASV
how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers:
DARBY
how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;
BLB
and how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time. And Egypt afflicted us and our fathers,
ÅB
Våre fedre dro ned til Egypt, og vi bodde i Egypt i lang tid, og egypterne fór ille med oss og våre fedre.
OTB
Våre forfedre dro ned til Egypt, og vi bodde der i mange år. Egypterne mishandlet oss og våre forfedre,
B1930
Våre fedre drog ned til Egypten, og vi bodde i Egypten i lang tid, og egypterne fór ille med oss og våre fedre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 46:6

    They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

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  • Deuteronomy 26:6

    But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

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  • Exodus 12:40

    Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

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  • Acts 7:15

    So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

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  • Genesis 15:13

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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  • Exodus 5:14

    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

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  • Exodus 1:16

    “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

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  • Exodus 1:22

    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

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