Deuteronomy 26:5-7

New Century Version

⁵ Then you shall announce before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with only a few people, but they became a great, powerful, and large nation there. ⁶ But the Egyptians were cruel to us, making us suffer and work very hard. ⁷ So we prayed to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us. When he saw our trouble, hard work, and suffering,