Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

Our fathers

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Bible References

Our fathers

Genesis 46:6
And they took their cattle and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with him,
Acts 7:15
So Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

Dwelt

Genesis 15:13
Then he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them, and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Exodus 12:40
Now the time that the sons of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

Vexed us

Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish, which we freely ate in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,
Numbers 16:13
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flowed with milk and honey to make us die in the wilderness, but thou must also make thyself lord to rule over us?
Exodus 1:11
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built the supply cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
Exodus 5:14
And the officers of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and they demanded, Why have ye not fulfilled your quotas in making brick both yesterday and today, as until now?
Deuteronomy 26:6
and the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage.
Acts 7:19
The same dealt subtly with our kindred and mistreated our fathers so that they exposed their babies to death, to the end that the generation would cease.

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Numbers 21:21
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,