THEOSISDeuteronomy 26:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
וְעָנִ֨יתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֲרַמִּי֙ אֹבֵ֣ד אָבִ֔י וַיֵּ֣רֶד מִצְרַ֔יְמָה וַיָּ֥גָר שָׁ֖ם בִּמְתֵ֣י מְעָ֑ט וֽ͏ַיְהִי־שָׁ֕ם לְג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל עָצ֥וּם וָרָֽב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 10:22In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.
- Gen 46:27And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.
- Gen 43:1In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land.
- Gen 43:2And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again, and buy us a little food.
- Gen 31:20And Jacob would not confess to his father-in-law that he was flying away.
- Gen 31:24And he saw in a dream God, saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.
- Gen 43:12And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake.
- Gen 45:7And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.