Numbers 20:15

Conservative English Version

Our ancestors settled in Egypt and lived there a long time. But later the Egyptians were cruel to us,

Cross References

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians were cruel and had no pity on us. They mistreated our people and forced us into slavery.

Exodus 12:40

The LORD's people left Egypt exactly four hundred thirty years after they had arrived.

Genesis 46:6

(SEE 46:5)

Acts 7:15

His father went to Egypt and died there, just as our ancestors did.

Genesis 15:13

Then the LORD said: Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace. But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for four hundred years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.

Acts 7:19

He tricked our ancestors and was cruel to them. He even made them leave their babies outside, so they would die.

Numbers 16:13

It's bad enough that you took us from our rich farmland in Egypt to let us die here in the desert. Now you also want to boss us around!

Numbers 11:5

In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, onions, and garlic.

Exodus 5:14

The bosses beat the men in charge of the slaves and said, "Why didn't you force the slaves to make as many bricks yesterday and today as they did before?"

Exodus 1:22

until finally, the king gave a command to everyone in the nation, "As soon as a Hebrew boy is born, throw him into the Nile River! But you can let the girls live."

Exodus 1:16

He told them, "If a Hebrew woman gives birth to a girl, let the child live. If the baby is a boy, kill him!"

Numbers 20:14

Moses sent messengers from Israel's camp near Kadesh with this message for the king of Edom: We are Israelites, your own relatives, and we're sure you have heard the terrible things that have happened to us.

Numbers 20:16

and when we begged our LORD for help, he answered our prayer and brought us out of that land. Now we are camped at the border of your territory, near the town of Kadesh.

Genesis 46:7

(SEE 46:5)

2 Samuel 12:18

After the child had been sick for seven days, he died, but the officials were afraid to tell David. They said to each other, "Even when the boy was alive, David wouldn't listen to us. How can we tell him his son is dead? He might do something terrible!"