Deuteronomy 26:5

New Living Translation

“You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.

Cross References

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 24:4

Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

Genesis 25:20

When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 27:41

From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father’s death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”

Genesis 28:5

So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.

Genesis 31:20

Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.

Genesis 31:24

But the previous night God had appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and told him, “I’m warning you—leave Jacob alone!”

Genesis 31:40

“I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

Genesis 43:12

Also take double the money that was put back in your sacks, as it was probably someone’s mistake.

Genesis 45:11

I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you, your household, and all your animals will starve.’”

Genesis 45:7

God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.

Genesis 46:27

In addition, Joseph had two sons who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy members of Jacob’s family in the land of Egypt.

Genesis 47:27

Meanwhile, the people of Israel settled in the region of Goshen in Egypt. There they acquired property, and they were fruitful, and their population grew rapidly.

Genesis 47:4

We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

Exodus 1:12

But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.

Exodus 1:5

In all, Jacob had seventy descendants in Egypt, including Joseph, who was already there.

Exodus 1:7

But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.

Hosea 12:13

Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.

Deuteronomy 1:10

The Lord your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!

Deuteronomy 10:22

When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!

Deuteronomy 26:4

The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:7

“The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!