Deuteronomy 26:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And you shall declare before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner with only a few people. But there he became a great nation, powerful and numerous.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And you shall speak and say before the LORD your 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:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt answer{H6030} and say{H559} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} A Syrian{H761} ready to perish{H6} was my father;{H1} and he went down{H3381} into Egypt,{H4714} and sojourned{H1481} there, few{H4592} in{H4962} number; and he became there a nation,{H1471} great,{H1419} mighty,{H6099} and populous.{H7227}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt speak{H6030}{(H8804)} and say{H559}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, A Syrian{H761} ready to perish{H6}{(H8802)} was my father{H1}, and he went down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}, and sojourned{H1481}{(H8799)} there with{H4962} a few{H4592}, and became there a nation{H1471}, great{H1419}, mighty{H6099}, and populous{H7227}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And thou shalt answere ad saye before the Lorde thy God: The Sirians wolde haue destroyed my father, and he went doune in to Egipte ad sogeorned there with a few folke and grewe there vnto a nacyon greate, myghtie and full of people.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then shalt thou answere and saye before the LORDE thy God: The Syrians wolde haue destroyed my father, which wete downe in to Egipte, and was a strauger there with a small folke, and became there a nacio greate, mightie & full of people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thou shalt answere and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian was my father, who being ready to perish for hunger, went downe into Egypt, and soiourned there with a smal company, and grew there vnto a nation great, mightie and full of people.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thou shalt aunswere and say before the Lorde thy God: The Syrians went about to destroy my father, and he went downe into Egypt, and so soiourned there with a fewe folke, and grewe there vnto a nation great, mightie, and full of people.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall answer and say before Yahweh your 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean `is' my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, "A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then you must affirm before the LORD your God,“A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:1-2 : 1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 When they had finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy a little more food for us.”
  • Gen 46:27 : 27 And the two sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, brought the total number of Jacob's family who came to Egypt to seventy.
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt with seventy people, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls—indeed, their altars are like heaps of stone in the furrows of the field.
  • Acts 7:15 : 15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.
  • Gen 43:12 : 12 Take double the silver with you, and also return the silver that was put back into your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
  • Gen 45:7 : 7 But God sent me ahead of you to establish a remnant for you on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
  • Gen 45:11 : 11 I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.
  • Gen 46:1-7 : 1 Israel set out with everything he had and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 God spoke to Israel in visions during the night, calling, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he replied, 'Here I am.' 3 God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.' 4 I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph will close your eyes with his own hand. 5 Then Jacob left Beersheba, and the sons of Israel transported their father Jacob, their children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his descendants went to Egypt. 7 He brought with him to Egypt his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, his granddaughters, and all his descendants.
  • Gen 24:4 : 4 Instead, go to my country and my kindred to choose a wife for my son Isaac.
  • Gen 25:20 : 20 Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, 'The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.'
  • Gen 28:5 : 5 Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's mother.
  • Gen 31:20 : 20 Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, 'Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'
  • Gen 31:40 : 40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
  • Ps 105:23-24 : 23 Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham. 24 The LORD made his people very fruitful and made them stronger than their adversaries.
  • Isa 51:1-2 : 1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave birth to you. When I called him, he was one person, and I blessed him and made him many.
  • Gen 47:27 : 27 Now Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They gained property there, were fruitful, and greatly multiplied in number.
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 The total number of Jacob's descendants was seventy, and Joseph was already in Egypt.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 But the Israelites were fruitful, multiplied greatly, increased in number, and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.
  • Exod 1:12 : 12 Yet, the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  • Deut 7:7 : 7 The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:15
    74%

    15 Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.

  • Deut 6:21
    74%

    21 You shall say to your son: 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.'

  • 1 Sam 12:8
    74%

    8 When Jacob went into Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

  • Deut 26:6-8
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    74%

    6 But the Egyptians mistreated us, oppressed us, and subjected us to harsh labor.

    7 Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the LORD heard our voice. He saw our suffering, our toil, and our oppression.

    8 So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders.

  • 1 Chr 16:19
    72%

    19 When you were few in number, a small group of strangers in the land,

  • Deut 29:16
    72%

    16 You saw their detestable things and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold that were among them.

  • Exod 13:14
    72%

    14 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Deut 10:22
    72%

    22 Your ancestors went down to Egypt with seventy people, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the heavens.

  • Gen 46:3
    71%

    3 God said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.'

  • Josh 24:17
    71%

    17 For the LORD our God is the one who brought us and our ancestors up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. He performed great signs before our eyes, protected us along the entire way we traveled, and among all the peoples through whom we journeyed.

  • Deut 4:20
    71%

    20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His inheritance, as you are today.

  • Deut 26:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 and you shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, 'I declare today to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.'

    4 Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 30:5
    70%

    5 The LORD your God will bring you into the land that your ancestors possessed, and you will possess it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors.

  • Deut 9:26
    70%

    26 I prayed to the LORD and said, 'O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

  • Deut 4:37
    70%

    37 Because He loved your ancestors, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt with His great power and presence.

  • Deut 4:34
    70%

    34 Or has any god ever tried to take for himself a nation from within another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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    69%

    5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'Your father and brothers have come to you.'

  • Gen 44:20
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    20 And we answered my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'"

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    69%

    19 He will set you high above all the nations He has made, bringing you praise, fame, and honor. And you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.

  • Neh 9:9
    69%

    9 You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

  • Deut 7:8
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    8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your ancestors, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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    69%

    31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, 'I will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, "My brothers and my father’s household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have come to me.'"

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    6 God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • Acts 7:11
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    11 Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Deut 24:18
    69%

    18 Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

  • Exod 3:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel, and tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: "I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt."

    17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'

  • Judg 6:15
    69%

    15 But Gideon said to him, 'Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house.'

  • Ps 105:12
    69%

    12 When they were few in number, very few, and strangers in the land.

  • Deut 4:27
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    27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you.

  • 1 Sam 2:27
    69%

    27 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your ancestors’ family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?’

  • Deut 6:23
    69%

    23 But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He swore to our fathers.

  • Deut 6:12
    68%

    12 Be careful not to forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Exod 3:8
    68%

    8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.'

  • Jer 5:19
    68%

    19 And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'

  • Gen 44:27
    68%

    27 Then your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons.'

  • Jer 34:13
    68%

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