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.

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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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