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 relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."
Genesis 25:20
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
Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis 31:20
Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he was running away.
Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
He went down
Genesis 46:1
Israel traveled 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. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Acts 7:15
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
Became
Deuteronomy 10:22
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
Genesis 47:27
Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they got themselves possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
Exodus 1:7
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
General references
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you will be a blessing.