Deuteronomy 26:5
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:
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 26 connects to 10 cross-references. The firstfruits liturgy has the worshiper present a basket at the sanctuary, recite a brief creed of God's saving history—from wandering Aramean ancestor to exodus to the land—and celebrate with the Levite and resident alien. The third-year tithe for the …
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.
`And thou hast answered and said before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramaean <FI>is<Fi> my father! and he goeth down to Egypt, and sojourneth there with few men, and becometh there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous;
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
Cross References
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, …
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The …
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of …
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou …
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from …
And the famine was sore in the land.
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their …
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, …