Deuteronomy 26:5

Then you are to affirm and declare in the presence of the LORD your God:

Genesis 43:1-2

Meanwhile, the famine remained severe throughout the region.

Genesis 46:27

Joseph had two sons born to him in Egypt, and all of Jacob's household who went to Egypt numbered 70.

Deuteronomy 10:22

Your ancestors went down to Egypt with 70 people, but the LORD your God has now made you as numerous as the stars in the sky."

Genesis 43:12

Also take twice as much money with you so you can return the money that had been replaced in the mouth of your sacks. Maybe it was an accounting mistake on his part.

Genesis 45:7

God sent me ahead of you to keep you alive on the earth, and to save you all in a magnificent way.

Genesis 45:11

I'll provide for you there, since there are still five years of famine left to go, and you, your households, and everything you own would have otherwise become impoverished.

Hosea 12:12

Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down to Egypt. Then he and our ancestors died.

Genesis 24:4

Instead, you are to go to my country and to my family and acquire a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 25:20

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

Genesis 27:41

So Esau harbored animosity toward Jacob because of the way his father had blessed him. Esau kept saying to himself, "The time to mourn for my father is very near. That's when I'm going to kill my brother Jacob."

Genesis 28:5

So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram to visit Bethuel's son Laban, the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 31:20

Moreover, Jacob had deceived Laban the Aramean, because he had never told him that he was intending to leave.

Genesis 31:24

That night, God appeared to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, "Be careful what you say to Jacob, whether it's one word good or bad."

Genesis 31:40

As it was, I was attacked by drought during the day and by cold at night. I never got any decent rest.

Genesis 46:1-7

Later, Israel began his journey, taking along everything that he owned, and arrived at Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Genesis 47:27

Israel remained in Egypt's Goshen territory, acquired land there, became prosperous, and his descendants grew very numerous.

Exodus 1:5

All those who descended from Jacob totaled 75 persons. Now Joseph was already in Egypt.

Exodus 1:7

But the Israelis were fruitful and increased abundantly. They multiplied in numbers and became very, very strong. As a result, the land was filled with them.

Exodus 1:12

But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis, the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians became terrified of the Israelis.

Deuteronomy 7:7

"It wasn't because you were more numerous than other people of the earth that the LORD committed himself to you and chose you. In fact, you were the least numerous of all the nations.

Psalm 105:23-24

Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

Isaiah 51:1-2

"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD! Look to the rock from which you were cut, to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

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Bible References

A syrian

Genesis 24:4
Instead, you are to go to my country and to my family and acquire a wife for my son Isaac."
Genesis 25:20
Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram to visit Bethuel's son Laban, the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 31:20
Moreover, Jacob had deceived Laban the Aramean, because he had never told him that he was intending to leave.
Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.

He went down

Genesis 46:1
Later, Israel began his journey, taking along everything that he owned, and arrived at Beer-sheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Psalm 105:23
Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down to Egypt. Then he and our ancestors died.

Became

Deuteronomy 10:22
Your ancestors went down to Egypt with 70 people, but the LORD your God has now made you as numerous as the stars in the sky."
Genesis 47:27
Israel remained in Egypt's Goshen territory, acquired land there, became prosperous, and his descendants grew very numerous.
Exodus 1:7
But the Israelis were fruitful and increased abundantly. They multiplied in numbers and became very, very strong. As a result, the land was filled with them.

General references

Genesis 12:2
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.

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