Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Our fathers
Dwelt
General references
Bible References
Our fathers
Genesis 46:6
They also took their cattle and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan. Then Jacob and all his children went with him to Egypt.
Acts 7:15
and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,
Dwelt
Genesis 15:13
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.
Exodus 12:40
The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt was 430 years.
Vexed us
Numbers 11:5
We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Numbers 16:13
Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?
Exodus 1:11
So the Egyptians assigned taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. They built Pithom and Rameses as supply cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 5:14
Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
Deuteronomy 26:6
But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.
Acts 7:19
He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.
General references
Numbers 21:21
Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites: