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 you shall go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac.
Genesis 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 28:5
And Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Padan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 31:20
And Jacob deceived the heart of Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.
He went down
Genesis 46:1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Psalm 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob resided in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:15
And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
Became
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons. And now Jehovah your God has made you as the stars of the heavens for multitude.
Genesis 47:27
And Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they had possession in it, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
Exodus 1:7
And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased very much, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty. And the land was filled with them.
General references
Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing.