THEOSISNumbers 20:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
וַיֵּרְד֤וּ אֲבֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ מִצְרַ֔יְמָה וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ לָ֛נוּ מִצְרַ֖יִם וְלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 26:6And the Egyptians afflicted us, and persecuted us, laying on us most grievous burdens:
- Ex 12:40And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
- Gen 46:6And all that he had in the land of Chanaan: and he came into Egypt with all his seed;
- Gen 15:13And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.
- Acts 7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, and our fathers.
- Ex 5:14And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and to day, as before?
- Ex 1:16Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
- Num 16:13Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?