Egypt in the Bible

Meaning: that troubles or oppresses; anguish

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And Jesus said to them, "The kings of the [unconverted] Gentiles lord it over their own people, and those who domineer over them are called 'Benefactors' [Note: This was a title used by Greek kings in Egypt and Syria].

Verse ConceptsWhat Foreigners DoGentile RulersLording ItPeople BlessingExercise

And God said, 'I will judge the nation [i.e., Egypt] that enslaves them and [then] after my people are liberated, they will serve me in this place [i.e., Palestine].'

Verse ConceptsLeaving EgyptWorshipping God

Then Joseph invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him in Egypt 75 persons in all.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

Their bodies were carried back [from Egypt] to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had purchased in Shechem from the sons of Hamor for a sum of silver. [Note: "Shechem" was a town in Israel, the country which in New Testament times was known as Samaria].

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah

But the Hebrews refused [to acknowledge Moses as their leader], saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge [over us]?' [Nevertheless], God sent him [to Egypt] to be both a ruler and liberator [of the people] through the direction of [His] angel who appeared [to Moses] from the bush.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushMoses, Significance OfRejection Of GodIndividuals Saving OthersRejection

They told Aaron:

Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life Eventsdoubt, results ofMonotony

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria [Egypt] and an effective speaker, who was well-grounded in the [Old Testament] Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

Verse ConceptsAlexandria The CityEloquenceMissionaries, Call OfApollosMissionary ExamplesUse Of The ScripturesRace

Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the fact that all of our ancestors who left Egypt were under the cloud. They all went through the sea,

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UsePassing ThroughA Way Through The Red Seaignorance

Were they not all that came out of Egypt by Moses? And with whom was he grieved forty years? Was it not with them who had sinned?

Verse ConceptsDesertsIrritationMisused Privileges40 To 50 YearsDying In The WildernessDying In The Desert Sinners Grasped By Death

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod's HandNot Like ThingsBreaking The CovenantGod Has Guided

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.

Verse ConceptsBonesExamples Of FaithExhumationsDeparturesNearness Of DeathExploits Of FaithDeath Will Soon HappenExodus

By [having] faith, he established the Passover Festival [Note: This festival was first celebrated in Egypt by the fleeing Israelites, then observed annually in commemoration of that event], and had [lambs'] blood sprinkled [on the door jambs] to prevent the one who destroyed the firstborn children from touching them. [See Ex. 12:23].

Verse ConceptsFirstbornMoses, Significance OfSprinklingTouchSprinkling BloodDeath Of The FirstbornThe DestroyerExploits Of Faith

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And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way. And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him.






































































And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.





























By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he went out, as seeing the invisible one.





































and was there until the death of Herod: in order that the Word, having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son.



And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.








































































































And the famine came into all the land and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no sustenance.

























esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking unto the recompense of reward.








































And they having gone away, behold, the angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying; Having arisen, take the young child and His mother, and fly into Egypt; and be thou there until I may speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child in order to destroy Him. And having arisen, he took with him the young child and His mother by night and departed into Egypt; and was there until the death of Herod: in order that the Word, having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying; Out of Egypt have I called my son. read more.
Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, became exceedingly angry; and having sent forth, he slew all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its boundaries, from two years old and under, according to the time which he inquired with the wise men. Then the word having been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying: A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children; and was not willing to be comforted, because they are not. And Herod having died, behold, the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in Egypt in a dream, saying; Having arisen, take with you the young child and His mother, and depart into the land of Israel; for those seeking the life of the young child are dead.















And their dead body will lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord also was crucified.






And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.

And I say this; The law which was given after four hundred and thirty years, does not disannul the covenant which had been before confirmed of God, so as to make the promise of none effect.