Deuteronomy 26:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only 70 people. Now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

Genesis 46:27

Also, Joseph had two sons in Egypt. With these two grandsons, Jacob’s family in Egypt numbered 70 people in all.

Genesis 31:20

Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean. He did not tell Laban he was leaving.

Genesis 45:11

I will take care of you during the next five years of hunger. So you and your family will not lose everything you own.’

Genesis 45:7

So God sent me here ahead of you so that I can save your people in this country.

Genesis 43:12

Take twice as much money with you this time. Take the money that was given back to you after you paid last time. Maybe the governor made a mistake.

Genesis 31:24

That night God came to Laban in a dream and said, “Be careful! Be careful of every word you say to Jacob.”

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our other ancestors lived there until they died.

Hosea 12:12

“Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. There Israel worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.

Genesis 25:20

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

Genesis 24:4

Go back to my country, to my own people, to find a wife for my son Isaac. Bring her here to him.”

Deuteronomy 7:7

Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!

Exodus 1:12

The Egyptians forced the Israelites to work harder and harder. But the harder they worked, the more they grew and spread, and the more the Egyptians became afraid of them.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelites had many children, and their number grew until the country of Egypt was filled with them.

Exodus 1:5

Another son, Joseph, was already in Egypt. So Jacob’s whole family was with him in Egypt—70 descendants in all.

Genesis 47:27

Israel stayed in Egypt. He lived in the land of Goshen. His family grew and became very large. They became landowners there and did very well.

Genesis 31:40

In the daytime the sun took away my strength, and at night sleep was taken from my eyes by the cold.

Genesis 28:5

So Isaac sent Jacob to Rebekah’s brother in Paddan Aram. Jacob went to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 27:41

After that Esau hated Jacob because of this blessing. Esau said to himself, “My father will soon die, and after we are finished with that, I will kill Jacob.”

Genesis 12:2

I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.

Genesis 47:4

They said to Pharaoh, “The famine is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals, so we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen.”

Deuteronomy 1:10

And now, there are even more of you. The Lord your God has added more and more people, so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:4

“Then the priest will take the basket from you. He will put it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

Hosea 12:13

But the Lord used a prophet and brought Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet and kept Israel safe.