Devine Scripture

Deuteronomy 26:5

Deuteronomy chapter 26 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Context

v.4And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God.

v.5This passage

v.6And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 7:15

    And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

  • Genesis 46:27

    and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

  • Genesis 25:20

    and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.

  • Exodus 1:7

    And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

  • Genesis 31:40

    Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

  • Genesis 31:20

    And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.