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Deuteronomy 26:5
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 “You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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Deuteronomy 26:5
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5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering(A) Aramean,(B) and he went down into Egypt with a few people(C) and lived there and became a great nation,(D) powerful and numerous.
Deuteronomy 10:22
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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Deuteronomy 10:22
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22 Your ancestors who went down into Egypt were seventy in all,(A) and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.(B)
Genesis 46:27
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Genesis 46:27
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27 In addition, Joseph had two sons[a] who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy[b] members of Jacob’s family in the land of Egypt.
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- 46:27a Greek version reads nine sons, probably including Joseph’s grandsons through Ephraim and Manasseh (see 1 Chr 7:14-20).
- 46:27b Greek version reads seventy-five; see note on Exod 1:5.
Genesis 46:27
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Genesis 46:27
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27 With the two sons[a] who had been born to Joseph in Egypt,(A) the members of Jacob’s family, which went to Egypt, were seventy[b] in all.(B)
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- Genesis 46:27 Hebrew; Septuagint the nine children
- Genesis 46:27 Hebrew (see also Exodus 1:5 and note); Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14) seventy-five
Genesis 43:1-2
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Genesis 43:1-2
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The Brothers Return to Egypt
43 But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan. 2 When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
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Genesis 43:1-2
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Genesis 43:1-2
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The Second Journey to Egypt
43 Now the famine was still severe in the land.(A) 2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt,(B) their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”(C)
Genesis 31:20
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Genesis 31:20
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20 Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.
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Genesis 31:20
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Genesis 31:20
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Genesis 45:11
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Genesis 45:11
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11 I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you, your household, and all your animals will starve.’”
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Genesis 45:11
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Genesis 45:11
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11 I will provide for you there,(A) because five years of famine(B) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’(C)
Genesis 45:7
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Genesis 45:7
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7 God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.[a]
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- 45:7 Or and to save you with an extraordinary rescue. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Genesis 45:7
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Genesis 45:7
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7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant(A) on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.[a](B)
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- Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
Genesis 43:12
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Genesis 43:12
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12 Also take double the money that was put back in your sacks, as it was probably someone’s mistake.
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Genesis 43:12
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Genesis 43:12
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12 Take double the amount(A) of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks.(B) Perhaps it was a mistake.
Genesis 31:24
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Genesis 31:24
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24 But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”
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Genesis 31:24
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Genesis 31:24
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24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean(A) in a dream at night and said to him,(B) “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”(C)
Acts 7:15
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Acts 7:15
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15 So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.
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Acts 7:15
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Acts 7:15
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15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(A)
Hosea 12:12
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Hosea 12:12
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12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and there he[a] earned a wife by tending sheep.
Hosea 12:12
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Hosea 12:12
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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A Call to Trust the Lord
51 “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—
all who seek the Lord!
Consider the rock from which you were cut,
the quarry from which you were mined.
2 Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor,
and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.
Abraham was only one man when I called him.
But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”
Isaiah 51:1-2
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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Everlasting Salvation for Zion
51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
2 look to Abraham,(E) your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
Psalm 105:23-24
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Psalm 105:23-24
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23 Then Israel arrived in Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel
until they became too mighty for their enemies.
Psalm 105:23-24
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Psalm 105:23-24
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