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 shalt go unto 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 away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not 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 Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto 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 died, himself and our fathers;
Became
Deuteronomy 10:22
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath 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 gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
Exodus 1:7
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding 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 they name great; and be thou a blessing;