Deuteronomy 26:5

3 to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”

4 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

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

7 So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
KJV
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
WEB
You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
ASV
And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
DARBY
And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
BLB
And you shall answer and say before the face of YHWH your God, “My father [was] a perishing Aramaean, and he went down to Egypt and dwelt there with men few in number, and he became there a nation great, mighty, and numerous.
ÅB
Da skal du ta til orde og si for Herrens, din Guds åsyn: Min far var en omvankende araméer, og han dro ned til Egypt og bodde der som fremmed med en liten flokk; og der ble han til et stort, sterkt og tallrikt folk.
OTB
Du skal da si framfor Herren din Gud: "Min far var en omvandrende arameer, og han dro ned til Egypt og bodde der, få i antall; men der ble han til et stort, mektig og tallrikt folk.
B1930
Da skal du ta til orde og si for Herrens, din Guds åsyn: Min far var en omvankende araméer, og han drog ned til Egypten og bodde der som fremmed med en liten flokk; og der blev han til et stort, sterkt og tallrikt folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 46:27

    And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:22

    Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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  • Genesis 31:20

    Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

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  • Genesis 43:1–2

    Now the famine was still severe in the land.

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  • Genesis 31:24

    But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

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  • Genesis 43:12

    Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

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  • Genesis 45:11

    And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’

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  • Genesis 45:7

    God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

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