Deuteronomy 26:5

God's Word

You will make this formal statement in the presence of the Lord your God: “My ancestors were wandering Arameans. There were only a few of them when they went to Egypt and lived as foreigners. But then they became a great, powerful, and large nation.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you a great nation, I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 24:4

Instead, you will go to the land of my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 25:20

Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 27:41

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him. Esau said to himself, “The time to mourn for my father is near. Then I’ll kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 28:5

Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan Aram. Jacob went to live with Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah. She was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 31:20

Jacob also tricked Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was leaving.

Genesis 31:24

God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything at all to Jacob.”

Genesis 31:40

The scorching heat during the day and the cold at night wore me down, and I lost a lot of sleep.

Genesis 43:12

Take twice as much money with you. You must return the money that was put back in your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake.

Genesis 45:11

I will provide for you in Egypt, since there will be five more years of famine. Then you, your family, and all who belong to you won’t lose everything.” ’

Genesis 45:7

God sent me ahead of you to make sure that you would have descendants on the earth and to save your lives in an amazing way.

Genesis 46:27

Joseph had two sons who were born in Egypt. The grand total of people in Jacob’s household who went to Egypt was 70.

Genesis 47:27

So the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and had many children.

Genesis 47:4

We have come to live in this land for a while. The famine is so severe in Canaan that there’s no pasture for our flocks. So please let us live in Goshen.”

Exodus 1:12

But the more the Israelites were oppressed, the more they increased in number and spread out. The Egyptians couldn’t stand them ⌞any longer⌟.

Exodus 1:5

Joseph was already in Egypt. The total number of Jacob’s descendants was 70.

Exodus 1:7

But the descendants of Israel had many children. They became so numerous and strong that the land was filled with them.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the country of Syria. Israel worked to get a wife; he took care of sheep to pay for her.

Hosea 12:13

The Lord used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet to take care of them.

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went to Egypt, and he and our ancestors died there.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has made your population increase so that you are now as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went to Egypt, there were 70 of them. Now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:4

Then the priest will take the basket from you and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:7

The Lord set his heart on you and chose you, even though you didn’t outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.