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Numbers 20:15

Egypt

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

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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

    And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

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  • Deuteronomy 26:6

    And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

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  • Exodus 12:40

    Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

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  • Acts 7:15

    So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

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  • Genesis 15:13

    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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  • Exodus 5:14

    And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

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  • Exodus 1:16

    And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

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  • Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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