Psalms 81:5

American Standard Version (1901)

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.

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  • Ps 114:1 : 1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
  • Jer 5:15 : 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
  • Ps 77:15 : 15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. {{Selah
  • Exod 11:4 : 4 And Moses said, Thus saith Jehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
  • 1 Cor 14:21-22 : 21 In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to the unbelieving: but prophesying [is for a sign], not to the unbelieving, but to them that believe.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
  • Amos 6:6 : 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  • Isa 28:11 : 11 Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.
  • Exod 12:27 : 27 that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
  • Exod 12:29 : 29 And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.
  • Exod 13:8-9 : 8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.
  • Exod 13:14-16 : 14 And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: [ 15 and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.
  • Deut 4:45 : 45 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
  • Ps 78:6 : 6 That the generation to come might know [them], even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell [them] to their children,
  • Ps 80:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph]. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

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  • 4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

  • 1When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

  • 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

  • Ps 105:17-18
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    17He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

    18His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in [chains of] iron,

  • 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

  • Gen 45:7-8
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    7And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

    8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

  • 18till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

  • 23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

  • Exod 6:4-5
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    4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

    5And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

  • 41And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

  • 15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?

  • 26And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.

  • 15for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

  • 1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.

  • 6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • 8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

  • 22By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

  • 10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • 46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • 5And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right.

  • 19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

  • 28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

  • 10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Gen 39:5-6
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    5And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

    6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught [that was] with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.

  • 15And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,

  • 44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

  • 17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

  • 15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.

  • 43How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

  • 6And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

  • 31And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

  • 1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

  • 1Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,