Deuteronomy 26:5
3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
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:
6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Read in contextGenesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Read in contextGenesis 43:1–2
And the famine was sore in the land.
Read in contextGenesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Read in contextGenesis 43:12
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
Read in contextGenesis 45:11
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Read in contextGenesis 45:7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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