Verse 5

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}:

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 43:1-2 : 1 And the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land{H776}. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up{H3615}{(H8765)}{H398}{(H8800)} the corn{H7668} which they had brought out{H935}{(H8689)} of Egypt{H4714}, their father{H1} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Go again{H7725}{(H8798)}, buy{H7666}{(H8798)} us a little{H4592} food{H400}.
  • Gen 46:27 : 27 And the sons{H1121} of Joseph{H3130}, which were born{H3205}{(H8795)} him in Egypt{H4714}, were two{H8147} souls{H5315}: all the souls{H5315} of the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290}, which came{H935}{(H8802)} into Egypt{H4714}, were threescore and ten{H7657}.
  • Deut 10:22 : 22 Thy fathers{H1} went down{H3381}{(H8804)} into Egypt{H4714} with threescore and ten{H7657} persons{H5315}; and now the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath made{H7760}{(H8804)} thee as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064} for multitude{H7230}.
  • Hos 12:12 : 12 And Jacob{H3290} fled{H1272}{(H8799)} into the country{H7704} of Syria{H758}, and Israel{H3478} served{H5647}{(H8799)} for a wife{H802}, and for a wife{H802} he kept{H8104}{(H8804)} sheep.
  • Acts 7:15 : 15 So{G1161} Jacob{G2384} went down{G2597}{(G5627)} into{G1519} Egypt{G125}, and{G2532} died{G5053}{(G5656)}, he{G846}, and{G2532} our{G2257} fathers{G3962},
  • Gen 43:12 : 12 And take{H3947}{(H8798)} double{H4932} money{H3701} in your hand{H3027}; and the money{H3701} that was brought again{H7725}{(H8716)} in the mouth{H6310} of your sacks{H572}, carry it again{H7725}{(H8686)} in your hand{H3027}; peradventure it was an oversight{H4870}:
  • Gen 45:7 : 7 And God{H430} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} me before you{H6440} to preserve{H7760}{(H8800)} you a posterity{H7611} in the earth{H776}, and to save your lives{H2421}{(H8687)} by a great{H1419} deliverance{H6413}.
  • Gen 45:11 : 11 And there will I nourish{H3557}{(H8773)} thee; for yet there are five{H2568} years{H8141} of famine{H7458}; lest thou, and thy household{H1004}, and all that thou hast, come to poverty{H3423}{(H8735)}.
  • Gen 46:1-7 : 1 And Israel{H3478} took his journey{H5265}{(H8799)} with all that he had, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to Beersheba{H884}, and offered{H2076}{(H8799)} sacrifices{H2077} unto the God{H430} of his father{H1} Isaac{H3327}. 2 And God{H430} spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto Israel{H3478} in the visions{H4759} of the night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Jacob{H3290}, Jacob{H3290}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Here am I. 3 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I am God{H410}, the God{H430} of thy father{H1}: fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not to go down{H3381}{(H8800)} into Egypt{H4714}; for I will there make{H7760}{(H8799)} of thee a great{H1419} nation{H1471}: 4 I will go down{H3381}{(H8799)} with thee into Egypt{H4714}; and I will also surely{H5927}{(H8800)} bring thee up{H5927}{(H8686)} again: and Joseph{H3130} shall put{H7896}{(H8799)} his hand{H3027} upon thine eyes{H5869}. 5 And Jacob{H3290} rose up{H6965}{(H8799)} from Beersheba{H884}: and the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} carried{H5375}{(H8799)} Jacob{H3290} their father{H1}, and their little ones{H2945}, and their wives{H802}, in the wagons{H5699} which Pharaoh{H6547} had sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to carry{H5375}{(H8800)} him. 6 And they took{H3947}{(H8799)} their cattle{H4735}, and their goods{H7399}, which they had gotten{H7408}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}, Jacob{H3290}, and all his seed{H2233} with him: 7 His sons{H1121}, and his sons{H1121}' sons{H1121} with him, his daughters{H1323}, and his sons{H1121}' daughters{H1323}, and all his seed{H2233} brought he{H935}{(H8689)} with him into Egypt{H4714}.
  • Gen 24:4 : 4 But thou shalt go{H3212}{(H8799)} unto my country{H776}, and to my kindred{H4138}, and take{H3947}{(H8804)} a wife{H802} unto my son{H1121} Isaac{H3327}.
  • Gen 25:20 : 20 And Isaac{H3327} was forty{H705} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he took{H3947}{(H8800)} Rebekah{H7259} to wife{H802}, the daughter{H1323} of Bethuel{H1328} the Syrian{H761} of Padanaram{H6307}, the sister{H269} to Laban{H3837} the Syrian{H761}.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau{H6215} hated{H7852}{(H8799)} Jacob{H3290} because{H5921} of the blessing{H1293} wherewith{H834} his father{H1} blessed him{H1288}{(H8765)}: and Esau{H6215} said{H559}{(H8799)} in his heart{H3820}, The days{H3117} of mourning{H60} for my father{H1} are at hand{H7126}{(H8799)}; then will I slay{H2026}{(H8799)} my brother{H251} Jacob{H3290}.
  • Gen 28:5 : 5 And Isaac{H3327} sent away{H7971}{(H8799)} Jacob{H3290}: and he went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Padanaram{H6307} unto Laban{H3837}, son{H1121} of Bethuel{H1328} the Syrian{H761}, the brother{H251} of Rebekah{H7259}, Jacob's{H3290} and Esau's{H6215} mother{H517}.
  • Gen 31:20 : 20 And Jacob{H3290} stole away{H1589}{(H8799)} unawares{H3820} to Laban{H3837} the Syrian{H761}, in that{H5921} he told{H5046}{(H8689)} him not{H1097} that he fled{H1272}{(H8802)}.
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 And God{H430} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Laban{H3837} the Syrian{H761} in a dream{H2472} by night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} that thou speak{H1696}{(H8762)} not to{H5973} Jacob{H3290} either good{H2896} or{H5704} bad{H7451}.
  • Gen 31:40 : 40 Thus I was; in the day{H3117} the drought{H2721} consumed{H398}{(H8804)} me, and the frost{H7140} by night{H3915}; and my sleep{H8142} departed{H5074}{(H8799)} from mine eyes{H5869}.
  • Ps 105:23-24 : 23 Israel{H3478} also came{H935}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}; and Jacob{H3290} sojourned{H1481}{(H8804)} in the land{H776} of Ham{H2526}. 24 And he increased{H6509}{(H8686)} his people{H5971} greatly{H3966}; and made them stronger{H6105}{(H8686)} than their enemies{H6862}.
  • Isa 51:1-2 : 1 Hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} to me, ye that follow after{H7291}{(H8802)} righteousness{H6664}, ye that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} the LORD{H3068}: look{H5027}{(H8685)} unto the rock{H6697} whence ye are hewn{H2672}{(H8795)}, and to the hole{H4718} of the pit{H953} whence ye are digged{H5365}{(H8795)}. 2 Look{H5027}{(H8685)} unto Abraham{H85} your father{H1}, and unto Sarah{H8283} that bare{H2342}{(H8787)} you: for I called{H7121}{(H8804)} him alone{H259}, and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} him, and increased{H7235}{(H8686)} him.
  • Gen 47:27 : 27 And Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, in the country{H776} of Goshen{H1657}; and they had possessions{H270}{(H8735)} therein, and grew{H6509}{(H8799)}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)} exceedingly{H3966}.
  • Exod 1:5 : 5 And all the souls{H5315} that came out{H3318}{(H8802)} of the loins{H3409} of Jacob{H3290} were seventy{H7657} souls{H5315}: for Joseph{H3130} was in Egypt{H4714} already.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were fruitful{H6509}{(H8804)}, and increased abundantly{H8317}{(H8799)}, and multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)}, and waxed exceeding{H3966}{H3966} mighty{H6105}{(H8799)}; and the land{H776} was filled{H4390}{(H8735)} with them.
  • Exod 1:12 : 12 But the more they afflicted{H6031}{(H8762)} them, the more{H3651} they multiplied{H7235}{(H8799)} and grew{H6555}{(H8799)}. And they were grieved{H6973}{(H8799)} because{H6440} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Deut 7:7 : 7 The LORD{H3068} did not set his love{H2836}{(H8804)} upon you, nor choose{H977}{(H8799)} you, because ye were more{H7230} in number than any people{H5971}; for ye were the fewest{H4592} of all people{H5971}: