Deuteronomy 26:5
King James Version
5 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:
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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
King James Version
22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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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
King James Version
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
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Genesis 46:27
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- 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
King James Version
43 And the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
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Genesis 43:1-2
New International Version
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 45:11
King James Version
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
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Genesis 45:11
New International Version
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
King James Version
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
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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)
Footnotes
- Genesis 45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
Genesis 43:12
King James Version
12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
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Genesis 43:12
New International Version
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
King James Version
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
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Genesis 31:24
New International Version
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)
Genesis 31:20
King James Version
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
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Genesis 31:20
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Acts 7:15
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15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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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
King James Version
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
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Hosea 12:12
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Isaiah 51:1-2
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51 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
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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
King James Version
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
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Psalm 105:23-24
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