Numbers 20:15
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How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
In other translations
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
Hebrew words
וַיֵּרְדוּvaiyereduand they went downH3381אֲבֹתֵינוּ'avoteinuancestors ourH1מִצְרַיְמָהmitzraymahEgypt towardsH4714וַנֵּשֶׁבvaneshevand we dweltH3427בְּמִצְרַיִםbemitzrayimin EgyptH4714יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117רַבִּיםrabimmanyH7227וַיָּרֵעוּvaiyare'uand they did harmH7489לָנוּlanuto <the> usמִצְרַיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4713וְלַאֲבֹתֵינוּ׃vela'avoteinuand to ancestors ourH1
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Related verses
- Genesis 46:6And 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:They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 26:6And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
- Exodus 12:40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
- Acts 7:15So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- Genesis 15:13And 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;Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Exodus 1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- Numbers 16:13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
- Exodus 5:14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
- Exodus 1:16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
- Numbers 11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
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