Deuteronomy 26:5

New International Reader's Version

Then you will speak while the Lord is listening. You will say, “My father Jacob was a wanderer from the land of Aram. He went down into Egypt with a few people. He lived there and became the father of a great nation. It had huge numbers of people.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

“I will make you into a great nation. And I will bless you. I will make your name great. You will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 24:4

Instead, promise me that you will go to my country and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son Isaac from there.”

Genesis 25:20

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

Genesis 27:41

Esau was angry with Jacob. He was angry because of the blessing his father had given to Jacob. He said to himself, “The days of sorrow over my father’s death are near. Then I’ll kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 28:5

Isaac sent Jacob on his way. Jacob went to Paddan Aram. He went to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was Rebekah’s brother. And Rebekah was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 31:20

And that’s not all. Jacob tricked Laban, the Aramean. He didn’t tell him he was running away.

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban, the Aramean, in a dream at night. He said to him, “Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad.”

Genesis 31:40

And what was my life like? The heat burned me in the daytime. And it was so cold at night that I froze. I couldn’t sleep.

Genesis 43:12

Take twice the amount of money with you. You have to give back the money that was put in your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake.

Genesis 45:11

There I will provide everything you need. There are still five years to come when there won’t be enough food. If you don’t come down here, you and your family and everyone who belongs to you will lose everything.” ’

Genesis 45:7

But God sent me ahead of you to keep some of you alive on earth. He sent me here to save your lives by an act of mighty power.

Genesis 46:27

The total number of the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt was 70. That includes the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt.

Genesis 47:27

The people of Israel lived in Egypt in the area of Goshen. They received property there. They had children and so became many.

Genesis 47:4

They also said to him, “We’ve come to live in Egypt for a while. There isn’t enough food anywhere in Canaan. There isn’t any grass for our flocks. So please let us live in Goshen.”

Exodus 1:12

But the worse the slave drivers treated the Israelites, the more Israelites there were. So the Egyptians became afraid of them.

Exodus 1:5

The total number of Jacob’s children and grandchildren was 70. Joseph was already in Egypt.

Exodus 1:7

The people of Israel had many children. The number of them greatly increased. There were so many of them that they filled the land.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob ran away to the country of Aram. There Israel served Laban to get a wife. He took care of sheep to pay for her.

Hosea 12:13

The prophet Moses brought Israel up from Egypt. The Lord used him to take care of them.

Acts 7:15

Then Jacob went down to Egypt. There he and his family died.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has caused there to be many of you. Today you are as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Long ago, your people went down into Egypt. The total number of them was 70. And now the Lord your God has made you as many as the stars in the sky.

Deuteronomy 26:4

The priest will receive the basket from you. He’ll set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:7

The Lord chose you because he loved you very much. He didn’t choose you because you had more people than other nations. In fact, you had the smallest number of all.