Deuteronomy 26:5

What does Deuteronomy 26:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 26:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean <FI>is<Fi> my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thou shalt speak thus in the sight of the Lord thy God: The Syrian pursued my father, who went down into Egypt, and sojourned there in a very small number, and grew into a nation great and strong and of an infinite multitude.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thyGod, A perishing Aramaean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and 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.

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