Deuteronomy 26:5

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:

A syrian

Hosea 12:12

He went down

Genesis 46:1

Psalm 105:23

Acts 7:15

Became

Deuteronomy 10:22

Genesis 47:27

Exodus 1:7

General references

Genesis 12:2

Bible References

A syrian

but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

Isaac was 40 years old when he took as his wife Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

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

And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean, not telling him that he was fleeing.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram.
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.

He went down

Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,

Became

Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property in it and became fruitful and very numerous.

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

General references

I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.