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
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Bible References
A syrian
Genesis 24:4
But thou shall go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
Genesis 28:5
And Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob slipped away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
He went down
Genesis 46:1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Psalm 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:15
And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he perished, he and our fathers.
Became
Deuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy. And now LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Genesis 47:27
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they got possessions in it, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
Exodus 1:7
And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them.
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Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.