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:
He went down
General references
Bible References
A syrian
Genesis 24:4
but thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 25:20
and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel, the Aramean of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Aramean.
Genesis 28:5
Thus Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away the heart of Laban the Aramean, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
Hosea 12:12
But Jacob fled into the land of Aram, and Israel served for his wife, and for his wife he was a pastor.
He went down
Genesis 46:1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Psalm 105:23
Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
Became
Deuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Genesis 47:27
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they had possessions therein and grew and multiplied exceedingly.
Exodus 1:7
And the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
General references
Genesis 12:2
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.