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Deuteronomy 26:5

World English Bible

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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Deuteronomy 26:5 in other translations

And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Deuteronomy 26:5 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 26:5 in context

  1. 3You shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and tell him, “I profess today to Yahweh your God, that I have come to the land which Yahweh swore to our fathers to give us.”
  2. 4The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before Yahweh your God’s altar.
  3. 5You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
  4. 6The Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us.
  5. 7Then we cried to Yahweh, the God of our fathers. Yahweh heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.