Joshua 24:6
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
- KJV
- And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
- WEB
- I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
- ASV
- And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea.
- DARBY
- And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
- BLB
- And I brought your⁺ fathers out of Egypt, and you⁺ came to the sea. And Egypt pursued after your⁺ fathers with chariot and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
- ÅB
- Da jeg nå førte deres fedre ut av Egypt, kom dere til havet; men egypterne forfulgte deres fedre med vogner og hestfolk til det Røde Hav.
- OTB
- Jeg førte deres forfedre ut av Egypt, og dere kom til havet, og egypterne forfulgte dem med vogner og ryttere til Rødehavet.
- B1930
- Da jeg nu førte eders fedre ut av Egypten, kom I til havet; men egypterne forfulgte eders fedre med vogner og hestfolk til det Røde Hav.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 7:36
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Read in contextHebrews 11:29
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:12–13
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Read in contextExodus 12:37
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
Read in contextPsalms 136:13–15
To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Read in contextExodus 14:1–15
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Read in contextNehemiah 9:11
And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Read in contextPsalms 77:15–20
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
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