Deuteronomy 26:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: 'The Syrian pursued my father, who descended into Egypt, and he sojourned there in a very small number, and he increased into a great and strong nation and into an innumerable multitude.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.

Genesis 24:4

But that you will proceed to my land and kindred, and from there take a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 25:20

who, when he was forty years old, took Rebekah, the sister of Laban, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian from Mesopotamia, as a wife.

Genesis 27:41

Therefore, Esau always hated Jacob, for the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And he said in his heart, "The days will arrive for the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 28:5

And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.

Genesis 31:20

And Jacob was not willing to confess to his father-in-law that he was fleeing.

Genesis 31:24

And he saw in a dream, God saying to him, "Beware that you not speak anything harsh against Jacob."

Genesis 31:40

Day and night, I was burned by heat and by frost, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Genesis 43:12

Also, take with you double the money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done in error.

Genesis 45:11

And there I will pasture you, (for there are still five years of famine remaining) lest both you and your house perish, along with all that you possess.'

Genesis 45:7

And God sent me ahead, so that you may be preserved upon the earth, and so that you would be able to have food in order to live.

Genesis 46:27

Now the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who went into Egypt, were seventy.

Genesis 47:27

And so, Israel lived in Egypt, that is, in the land of Goshen, and he possessed it. And he increased and was multiplied exceedingly.

Genesis 47:4

We came to sojourn in your land, because there is no grass for the flocks of your servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Canaan. And we petition you that you may order us, your servants, to be in the land of Goshen."

Exodus 1:12

And the more they oppressed them, so much more did they multiply and increase.

Exodus 1:5

Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob's thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.

Exodus 1:7

the sons of Israel increased, and they multiplied like seedlings. And having been strengthened exceedingly, they filled the land.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.

Hosea 12:13

Yet by a prophet the Lord led Israel out of Egypt, and he was served by a prophet.

Acts 7:15

And Jacob descended into Egypt, and he passed away, and so did our fathers.

Deuteronomy 1:10

'I alone am not able to sustain you. For the Lord, your God, has multiplied you, and you are today like the stars of heaven, very many.

Deuteronomy 10:22

As seventy souls, your fathers descended into Egypt. And now, behold, the Lord your God has multiplied you to be like the stars of heaven."

Deuteronomy 26:4

And the priest, taking up the basket from your hand, shall place it before the altar of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:7

It is not because you surpass all the nations in number that the Lord has joined with you and has chosen you, for you are the least numerous of any people.