⁶ They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and ^(A)came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him,

¹⁵ And ^(A)Jacob went down into Egypt, and ^(B)he died, he ^(C)and our fathers,

⁴ For thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.^[a]

⁴ And to Isaac I gave ^(A)Jacob and Esau. ^(B)And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, ^(C)but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

⁵ “And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A ^(A)wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, ^(B)few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

^8 (A)When Jacob went into Egypt, and the Egyptians oppressed them,^{[a] (B)}then your fathers cried out to the Lord and ^(C)the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, ^(D)who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.

²² Your fathers went down to Egypt ^(A)seventy persons, and now the Lord your God has made you ^(B)as numerous as the stars of heaven.

^15 (A)how our fathers went down to Egypt, ^(B)and we lived in Egypt a long time. ^(C)And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.